Sue Lowden, Republican candidate for Senator in Nevada proposes Repeal & Replace with chickens. Is it comedy, or something in the water?

Seriously, even when given the chance to back away and say I meant bargain and not barter, she stood her ground. Lowden proposes that instead of health insurance, we all barter with doctors. Take them a chicken, she suggests.

Never mind what a chicken coup looks like—certainly not the environment I want in my medical care facility. How can any sane human being say something so incredibly absurd and not be joking?

Look, the average chicken weighs 5 to 7 pounds. Dressed and cleaned, it loses 30% of that weight, so it comes in at about 4.2 pounds. Whole chicken is currently going for $0.84 a pound, so that comes to $3.53. Your doctor isn’t going to give you an aspirin for that, much less a complex set of tests and care.

How many chickens does Sue Lowden think the average Nevadan has in their back yard. Unless you are Tyson Farms, Chickens for Checkups is utterly ridiculous. What has gone wrong with American politics when we even consider that such lunacy might qualify someone for one of the highest offices in our land? Many may disagree with Senator Harry Reid’s stand for healthcare reform, but is this what you propose to replace him?