Clinton drops hospital story from stump speech

[Gunny]

(CNN) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign says the candidate will stop telling the story of an uninsured pregnant woman who lost the baby and died after being denied medical care, following a hospital raising questions over its accuracy.

Clinton has frequently told the emotional story of the woman from rural Ohio since late February. In the speech, Clinton said the woman made minimum wage working at a local pizza restaurant, without insurance, when she became pregnant. Clinton said the woman ran into trouble, went to a hospital in a nearby county but was denied treatment because she couldn’t afford a $100 payment. In the speech, Clinton said the woman later was taken to the hospital by ambulance and lost the baby. The young woman was then taken by helicopter to a Columbus hospital where she died of complications.

As recently as Friday night in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Clinton said, “As I was listening to this story being told, I was just aching inside. It is so wrong, in this good, great and rich country, that a young woman and her baby would die because she didn’t have health insurance or a hundred dollars to get examined.”

But an Athens, Ohio hospital is questioning the accuracy of the story. While Clinton never named the hospital in her speech, the woman she was referring to was treated at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. The hospital said the woman did indeed have insurance, and at least at their hospital was never turned away.

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tsk tsk ...

 

[Jon]

tsk tsk ...

At least Clinton was willing to admit she was misinformed, and she fixed the situation. We're still killing innocent people over Bush's misinformation.

 

[trobinett]

At least Clinton was willing to admit she was misinformed, and she fixed the situation. We're still killing innocent people over Bush's misinformation.

Speaking for yourself again?

Or do you have a turd in your pocket?

I haven't killed ANY innocent people.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Now let's see if Obama says the same about his campaign's acceptance of oil contributions.