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what a wonderful dream of taxpayers not footing how is that going to change?
Here he goes again, claiming that people don't die from lack of health care. Go to the hospital, he says, the government will take care of it. Is that his plan? Tell people to go to the ER? That's part of the reason health care costs are so high in this country. So, he's gone from being a self-described 'sever conservative' to suggesting the government and tax payers should pay for ER visits.
Mitt Romney: People Don't 'Die In Their Apartment Because They Don't Have Insurance'
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who has pledged to repeal Obamacare, says that people without health insurance don't have to worry about dying as a result.
"We don't have people that become ill, who die in their apartment because they don't have insurance," Romney said in an interview with the Columbus Dispatch's editorial board on Wednesday.
While it's difficult to tell how many people die each year from lack of health insurance, one study, from a health care advocacy group, puts the number at 26,000 deaths per year.
"We don't have a setting across this country where if you don’t have insurance, we just say to you, 'Tough luck, you're going to die when you have your heart attack,'" he added in the interview. "No, you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and it’s paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital."
You haven't been banned enough lately?
nice to see you again
Your source proves what Romney said is right. You don't get how this debate thing is supposed to work, do you?
Romney described how the health care system prior to Obamacare works. He didn't claim that's the system he supports. You put those words in his mouth.
In short, you lied and tried to paint Romney as something he's not. You're nothing but a no-good lying scumbag.
gawd you liberals are so friggen petty and LAME
THIS is the stupid shit they get off HUFFINGTON POST people, oh and some guy supposedly forced his mistress to get a abortion..
good grief
Being concerned about the uninsured and tax payers footing the bill for unpaid ER visits is petty?
Good grief is right.
Since you're so "concerned," how many checks have you written to cover the bills of people who don't have health insurance?
omg, then send them your weekly paychecks you're all so concerned about them then they can BUY insurance...Or you would rather WE taxpayers furnish it for them I suppose
You're a moron of epic proportions. You want to cry about tax payers having to pay for uninsured? Then you should be talking to Mitt, because he just said, "you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and its paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital.".
Guess who the costs get passed onto when somebody is unable to pay for an ER visit. I'll give you two guesses: philanthropists pay for it, or tax payers do. Hint: philanthropists don't pay for it.
Romney simply stated a fact. He didn't say he endorsed that arrangement.
Being concerned about the uninsured and tax payers footing the bill for unpaid ER visits is petty?
Good grief is right.
omg, then send them your weekly paychecks you're all so concerned about them then they can BUY insurance...Or you would rather WE taxpayers furnish it for them I suppose
Jose doesn't mean that HE should pay more, just everybody else.
He thinks all of his undocumented brethren should be paid for by us.
what a wonderful dream of taxpayers not footing how is that going to change?
It's not going to change at all if Mittens gets his way.
"You go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and its paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital." -- Mitt Romney
what a wonderful dream of taxpayers not footing how is that going to change?
It's not going to change at all if Mittens gets his way.
"You go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and its paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital." -- Mitt Romney
good grief, I asked how you would change all of it, you gave some stock answer all liberals come up with... so stop with the BS
We have important things to worry about, not your all's visions of some utopia
Here he goes again, claiming that people don't die from lack of health care. Go to the hospital, he says, the government will take care of it. Is that his plan? Tell people to go to the ER? That's part of the reason health care costs are so high in this country. So, he's gone from being a self-described 'sever conservative' to suggesting the government and tax payers should pay for ER visits.
Mitt Romney: People Don't 'Die In Their Apartment Because They Don't Have Insurance'
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who has pledged to repeal Obamacare, says that people without health insurance don't have to worry about dying as a result."No, you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and its paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital."