This political cartoon is one that carries a great deal of satire as well. In this cartoon we have Ambulance covered with eth words Obamacare that looks like it’s going at full speed. There’s a sign that says speed bump ahead. On the road, the speed bump is actually a rolled up constitution with the words we the people of the United States written on it. Then we have the supposedly patient who’s in the Ambulance basically falling out through the open backdoors. This individual is strapped down on the stretcher and also has the words Individual Mandates written on the blanket covering him.
This cartoon is interesting because it involves the current Supreme Court case dealing with what most Republicans call Obamacare. Obviously this cartoonist probably favors the Republicans in this cartoon, for it seems to be a criticism of Obamacare. The constitution obviously serves as the speed bump because many believed the possibility of such a system to be unconstitutional; hence why the case is before the court now. The patient strapped down probably implies that people are being forced to do something that they wouldn’t necessary want to do since it is an individual mandate. The Ambulance being loose and crazy probably represents how the cartoonist feels about the way this possible system of healthcare is heading.
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