Aasif Mandvi of The Daily Show used his wit to force the truth out of Fox conservative business commentator Todd Wilemon. It was a smooth takedown that left the professional in a fight for words.

“The US healthcare system is the best in the world,” said Wilemon. “But now with Obamacare our choices have been limited. You know, people are going to be seeing this cost more. I am getting less. I am not going to be happy.”

Mandvi then asked for a worst-case scenario. “We have longer lines. You may have to bring your own sheets,” said Wilemon. “In Russia they reuse syringes. The scenario where we could slip into Third World status would be slow, probably.”

Mandvi decided to examine the Third World status Wilemon was talking about by traveling to a region riffed with poverty. He traveled with Stan Brock, the founder of Remote Area Medical (RAM). The organization provides free medical services to people in the Third World unable to afford healthcare. It turns out that RAM is now doing 90 percent of its work in the United States. Brock said when he came to the States he saw the desperate need for medical care and hence the need for his services here.

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