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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid Willard Romney Really Say If You're Having A Heart Attack You Can Go To A Clinic?
That's almost as dumb as him saying you can open a window on a jet flying at an altitude of 25,000 feet at 500 miles per hour....
a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)The gift that keeps on giving...to Democrats
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)If somebody's having a heart attack I hope whoever is with him or her is calling 911 and praying and not driving the heart attack victim to a clinic.
a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)I'm really having trouble figuring out how mittens made his money.
From his comments, there HAS to be somebody making the money for him, and he just looks pretty.
mojo2012
(290 posts)The Romney's probably have a private doctor on retainer who comes to them or maybe a private helicopter if they need to be rushed anywhere....
Again, just another example of the Romney's not knowing what the average person has to go through
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)or a clinic which in the case of a heart attack is preposterous.
spanone
(135,827 posts)Romney: Different, again, different states have different ways of doing that. Some provide that care through clinics. Some provide the care through emergency rooms.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57518495/campaign-2012-obama-vs-romney/?pageNum=4&tag=contentMain;contentBody
Sanddancer
(52 posts)..of the number of times I have argued with those who insist "well they can just go to the emergency room" that that is not health care, it's emergency care.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)And who pays for that?
Gosh, wouldn't it have been more COST EFFICIENT to get the patient risk controlled, on a statin and anti-hypertensives before racking up the expensive hospital stay, Mr. Businessman?
democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)No shit, but who pays the bills Romney?
MineralMan
(146,287 posts)He'll be happy to pay it, I'm sure.