MItt Romney channels Ebenezer Scrooge...

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This from the blog of Dr. Jen Gunter.....



http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/mitt-romney-channels-ebenezer-scrooge-on-60-minutes/


Last night on 60 minutes Mitt Romney was questioned about health care. When asked if the government had a responsibility to care for the fifty million Americans who don’t have health insurance he replied,

“Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance, people — we– if someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and — and die. We — pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care.“

What Mr. Romney fails to understand is that there is a difference between acute health problems that require an emergency department and, well, the other 99% of medical care. It is true, due to EMTALA if you are uninsured and have a medical condition requiring emergency care that you will not be booted out of the emergency department. Medical professionals don’t look at your insurance card before pulling out the crash cart, so you are likely to get excellent emergency care regardless of your ability to pay.

However, the 70-year-old stroke victim who needs physical therapy can’t get that in the ER."

THIS from a medical professional, someone 'in the trenches..'
But Romney is so far removed from real life...

I am still shocked that the media still claims he has such strong support.

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very good article