Healthcare Cartoons

"We're borrowing the best features of the Canadian system."

"Fortunately treatment will be relatively inexpensive since you have the generic form of the disease!"

"I'm just here for the dental."

Angels shopping in a store called "Heaven Pharmacy: Self-serve"

"Uh-oh, your coverage doesn't seem to include illness."

"We saw the Great Wall and lots of pagodas, and I have a transplanted stomach."

"You should just feel a tiny prick, and then a lifetime of morphine addiction."

"You can rest assured, Mrs. Wilson, that your husband will receive the best care known to medical coverage."

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

"Will I be penalized for not having health insurance if I'm young and I'm actually invincible?"

When Harry Met Louise

"Very scary, Jennifer—does anyone else have an H.M.O. horror story?"

"His final wish was that all his medical bills be paid promptly."

"And, in our continuing effort to minimize surgical costs, I'll be hitting you over the head and tearing you open with my bare hands."

"Clear!"

"We got him onto an exercise bike, but I'm afraid it was too late."

"Actually, this is the one condition your insurance does cover."

"Would you describe the pain everyone else causes you as dull and throbbing or sharp like a knife?"

"If I knew where I'd lost the sponge, it wouldn't be lost, now, would it?"

"Come quickly—I think I had an out-of-pocket experience."

"You're responding beautifully. Let's go ahead and see what happens if we increase your deductible."

"I'll have an ounce of prevention."

"I'm afraid your dental plan does not cover tusks."

"Hey, little fella. Welcome to the risk pool."

"Have you popped all those pills I prescribed?"