So with all the discussion surrounding Nevada Senate candidate Sue Lowden’s idea to use bartering as a way to pay for health care, we thought we’d take a look at whether the idea would actually work. Since Lowden, a Republican, touted the fact that her grandparents’ generation would bring a chicken to the doctor for payment, we decided to look at whether the math would work for a chicken-based health care economy. The answer? Absolutely Not. There aren’t enough chickens in the world — let alone the United States — to cover the costs of health care in this country alone.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=127500