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Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:29 AM

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Romney: ‘We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance’ [View all]	kpete	Oct 2012	OP
Keep yapping Willard....	barnabas63	Oct 2012	#1
My first reaction as well	berni_mccoy	Oct 2012	#38
People who need chemo treatments die if they can't afford it and no charity for them.	SharonAnn	Oct 2012	#156
My best friend died because he didn't have insurance	thecrow	Oct 2012	#203
Emergency rooms aren't free	Roy Rolling	Oct 2012	#76
^this	geardaddy	Oct 2012	#91
He should see a brain specialist...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#101
LOL	Roy Rolling	Oct 2012	#137
There is something wrong...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#185
Wouldn't he need to HAVE one first? nt	Tigress DEM	Oct 2012	#184
They don't treat for free.	AlbertCat	Oct 2012	#102
hahaha	hibbing	Oct 2012	#133
Oh, stop complaining...you can just borrow twenty thousand dollars from your parents, doncha know!!!	MADem	Oct 2012	#145
Mike Malloy: Hey Mitt, emergency rooms are NOT for primary health care!	alp227	Oct 2012	#155
SURE IS!!!	elleng	Oct 2012	#108
I have never seen such a disconnect	Scairp	Oct 2012	#173
suggest everyone who's had a family member die due to lack of insurance write to OFA with stories	wordpix	Oct 2012	#196
45,000 people die in the U.S. each year - one every 12 minutes - because they lack health insurance	jsr	Oct 2012	#2
Beat me to it	Botany	Oct 2012	#5
Damn you're fast.	bamacrat	Oct 2012	#10
Mittens seems to specialize in those	JackInGreen	Oct 2012	#103
It's 100,000 deaths per year	area51	Oct 2012	#28
Meh. Harvard Med School.	VWolf	Oct 2012	#32
First he denies the 45% and now the 45K. /nt	Festivito	Oct 2012	#53
A great line of attack for Obama would be to say how many people have died	qanda	Oct 2012	#83
Outside of the 45,000* who do die you can't find any	Botany	Oct 2012	#3
Use some of your millions, Willard, to BUY YOURSELF A CLUE!	City Lights	Oct 2012	#4
good line!	wordpix	Oct 2012	#197
Or written off by the hospital after the person dies or files a medical bankruptcy	Roland99	Oct 2012	#6
In Willard's world, apparently a heart attack is the only thing that can kill you.	beac	Oct 2012	#7
I don't know but why would Romney buy insurance?	LittleGirl	Oct 2012	#14
I'm quite sure Mittens and the Duchess have had health insurance their whole lives.	beac	Oct 2012	#27
I didn't realize he was 65 years old. He has aged well. However,	juajen	Oct 2012	#62
It is the black hair dye	xxqqqzme	Oct 2012	#130
I noticed the dye, too	wordpix	Oct 2012	#191
good points	LittleGirl	Oct 2012	#86
I don't think that is a given.	spooky3	Oct 2012	#149
Sometimes very wealthy people have	SheilaT	Oct 2012	#67
good points SheilaT nt.	LittleGirl	Oct 2012	#85
Correct. An important point, +1.	harun	Oct 2012	#106
Yes, very good points	spooky3	Oct 2012	#150
Many Doctors cater only to wealthy clients	formercia	Oct 2012	#94
He won't get away with this one.	freedom fighter jh	Oct 2012	#8
Statement true, but...	PaPaw_Mamaw	Oct 2012	#9
Welcome to DU.	surrealAmerican	Oct 2012	#19
You are absolutely correct!	marew	Oct 2012	#24
No that statement is NOT true.	Zoeisright	Oct 2012	#25
welcome to DU!	renate	Oct 2012	#61
Welcome	Angry Dragon	Oct 2012	#77
My dead cousin didn't really die? Thank you for letting me know. Tell him I miss him and wish he'd	uppityperson	Oct 2012	#113
i'm so sorry to hear that	shireen	Oct 2012	#179
It sucked. "if only" was what many were thinking afterwards.	uppityperson	Oct 2012	#180
No, there is no truth to that statement.	Quantess	Oct 2012	#129
Trying telling that	allinthegame	Oct 2012	#11
Exactly. Welcome to DU!	AllyCat	Oct 2012	#17
exactly! (and welcome btw)	mwooldri	Oct 2012	#41
Good Question	marions ghost	Oct 2012	#75
Yes. Just march right into that emergency room and demand your chemo and your meds.	JDPriestly	Oct 2012	#122
I guess this answers the age old question of …	MrScorpio	Oct 2012	#12
Paging Politifact.........	Proud Liberal Dem	Oct 2012	#13
may I tweet your tag line?	underthematrix	Oct 2012	#54
Absolutely	Proud Liberal Dem	Oct 2012	#66
Not among the rich and fashionable people he knows. So it's not a lie to him.	AllyCat	Oct 2012	#15
I'm just annoyed by the fricking double negative	LynneSin	Oct 2012	#16
THAT is what annoys you about his comment?	VWolf	Oct 2012	#37
Well, i think all the other reasons have been amply covered however	LynneSin	Oct 2012	#42
I am annoyed at his assumption	xxqqqzme	Oct 2012	#134
The law's requirement is to stabilize the patient.	hootinholler	Oct 2012	#18
Bingo!	SheilaT	Oct 2012	#71
True. They die in the hospital because they dont have insurance and dont go to the doctor	Mass	Oct 2012	#20
without insurance, you don't seek regular preventive care	central scrutinizer	Oct 2012	#21
Or go get a diagnosis when you have early symptoms.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#34
Can this guy talk without lying? nt	TBF	Oct 2012	#22
My brother couldn't afford an ambulance, so he just died in bed at 51 ... eom	Kolesar	Oct 2012	#23
so sorry Kolesar	barbtries	Oct 2012	#51
I am so sorry Kolesar.....	glinda	Oct 2012	#81
Yes, thanks...I had posted about him a month ago	Kolesar	Oct 2012	#99
"We have people who die because they can't pay for medical care."	valerief	Oct 2012	#26
where did he get this idea: and it’s paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital	OKNancy	Oct 2012	#29
.....	davidthegnome	Oct 2012	#30
People are having heart attacks because they lack health insurance Mitt.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#31
What he meant to say was, they die because they aren't 'lucky sperm' like he is	n2doc	Oct 2012	#33
He's right -- it's the hours-long emergency room waits	Zambero	Oct 2012	#35
viral Now...k and r !!!!	goclark	Oct 2012	#36
I'd love to see this happen, but what I'm guessing is...	classof56	Oct 2012	#82
Finally, a position Mitt hasn't flip-flopped on,	VWolf	Oct 2012	#39
WOW, he had room for yet another foot in his big mouth	Coyotl	Oct 2012	#40
His ignorance of reality for those that do not fall in his elite social class is astounding. nt	mother earth	Oct 2012	#43
Sure, they will treat your heart attack in the ER...	arcane1	Oct 2012	#44
What reality does this guy live in?	HipChick	Oct 2012	#45
You Can't Go To The Emergency Room For A Mamogram	DallasNE	Oct 2012	#46
Waiting for the "walk back". nt	SDjack	Oct 2012	#47
Why is this hardhearted JERK, so high in the polls?	ywcachieve	Oct 2012	#48
Because sadly...	rbnyc	Oct 2012	#78
Sad, but true.	ywcachieve	Oct 2012	#125
another bald-faced lie	barbtries	Oct 2012	#49
I guess thats true in Mitts world...but	byoung6	Oct 2012	#50
Many, many people avoid visits to the Doctor's office because of the cost	humblebum	Oct 2012	#52
Yea he is just like us down here in the trenches fighting for survival.	L0oniX	Oct 2012	#55
What a total idiot!!! n/t	bluethruandthru	Oct 2012	#56
Try asking a hospital for chemo in an ER! They WILL NOT treat your cancer unless you can find a	Dustlawyer	Oct 2012	#57
I remember a PBS doc.	rwork	Oct 2012	#58
How about people who get emergency treatment, live, then lose their house, job and family	bhikkhu	Oct 2012	#59
He truly lives in some kind of fantasy world.	woodsprite	Oct 2012	#60
you forget he does know the world of tax avoidance & offshore investments	wordpix	Oct 2012	#192
I guess it depends on what your definition of "people" is, Mitt.	raouldukelives	Oct 2012	#63
We already HAVE "Death Panels"	murpheeslaw	Oct 2012	#194
Robme is dumber than a box of rocks!!!	Swede Atlanta	Oct 2012	#64
Why does he assume the uninsured live in apartments?	subterranean	Oct 2012	#65
Tell that to the uninsured people with cancer	meadowlark5	Oct 2012	#68
Fuck You Mitt Romney!!!!	handmade34	Oct 2012	#69
Choking to death	JEB	Oct 2012	#70
...or on his foot (nt)	rbnyc	Oct 2012	#88
Well, I have a new choice for my epitaph.	bluedigger	Oct 2012	#72
Yeah, better than, "I TOLD y'all I was sick" nt	Tigress DEM	Oct 2012	#183
Mitt being Mitt again	Alekei_Firebird	Oct 2012	#73
My Mother's Second Husband	rbnyc	Oct 2012	#74
OMG, Canada!? The place of "free" health care evildoing? Here's a story (short):	wordpix	Oct 2012	#195
Another View into the Wealthosphere	Haywood Brothers	Oct 2012	#79
"the Wealthosphere"--I like it!	renate	Oct 2012	#136
Well, my uncle died a very terrible death because he didn't have health insurance	qanda	Oct 2012	#80
It is frightening how stupid he is. Corporations will have lots of fun leading him around.	glinda	Oct 2012	#84
Not only...	rbnyc	Oct 2012	#87
Can Rmoney be any more disconnected from reality!?	Uncle Joe	Oct 2012	#89
he's also wrong about hospitals treating those who can't pay	newspeak	Oct 2012	#90
Oops	budkin	Oct 2012	#92
he knows damn well we do	Skittles	Oct 2012	#93
The truthiness of Willard ...	Bozita	Oct 2012	#95
He is correct	PD Turk	Oct 2012	#96
This makes me so fucking angry	dbackjon	Oct 2012	#97
Does he think people ONLY have heart attacks? What about long, lingering illnesses?	Chorophyll	Oct 2012	#98
"The fundamentals of our economy are strong"	LTR	Oct 2012	#100
What a fucking moron.	Fantastic Anarchist	Oct 2012	#104
Kick.	area51	Oct 2012	#202
Thanks for the correction. nt	Fantastic Anarchist	Oct 2012	#207
so of course he's going to radically increase funding for that ER care?	yurbud	Oct 2012	#105
This whole "apartment" thing goes WAY back...	Spitfire of ATJ	Oct 2012	#107
Big deal	lalalu	Oct 2012	#109
and that's the crux of the whole thing	newspeak	Oct 2012	#111
I don't even know what the solution is.	lalalu	Oct 2012	#114
Here is a study from Massachusetts that contradicts Mitt....	xocet	Oct 2012	#110
This will be all over the media in the next few days!	Nancy Waterman	Oct 2012	#112
Pure GOLD!	Politicalboi	Oct 2012	#115
It's simply amazing...	SpankMe	Oct 2012	#116
He is so arrogant and selfish	Marrah_G	Oct 2012	#117
The people who die because they don't have health care are people with chronic	JDPriestly	Oct 2012	#118
Jesus!	Bigredhunk	Oct 2012	#119
Is Romney that Ignorant	Megahurtz	Oct 2012	#120
The ER makes sure you're stable and then sends you home	FedUpWithIt All	Oct 2012	#121
Dear Mitt: FUCK YOU, you entitled piece of Cheney!	LadyHawkAZ	Oct 2012	#123
+1 Mitt...	progressoid	Oct 2012	#132
Show me an ER that treats cancer, Mitt!!!	SunSeeker	Oct 2012	#124
Time to air commercials with testimony from family	mzmolly	Oct 2012	#126
He is out of touch.	Quantess	Oct 2012	#127
People Willard, not corporations. nt	tridim	Oct 2012	#128
You F-ing liar rmoney! I was denied care repeatedly from DRs and ERS as I lay dying from Lupus	Dont call me Shirley	Oct 2012	#131
But we do.	CBHagman	Oct 2012	#135
C'mon Clue-by-Four, time for another round	sakabatou	Oct 2012	#138
He reminds me of a caricature, or maybe that guy from Third Rock. People die every day for want of	silvershadow	Oct 2012	#139
Why can't he understand that if people had insurance, they could prevent	Frustratedlady	Oct 2012	#140
What an idiot.	blackspade	Oct 2012	#141
Arrogance + Stupidity	locdlib	Oct 2012	#142
And not only that, we have young women having ABORTIONS because they don't have insurance	pnwmom	Oct 2012	#143
Stupid argument by him, but even so people don't know that they can use the ER....	George II	Oct 2012	#144
a dear friend of mine's daughter	UpInArms	Oct 2012	#146
Is he really that stupid?	Stargazer09	Oct 2012	#147
Don't let this story get crowded out by the debate	Nancy Waterman	Oct 2012	#148
That's the most disgraceful WHOPPER he's told yet	Warpy	Oct 2012	#151
Mitty, you are a lying sack of shit.	Brigid	Oct 2012	#152
He's just so clueless and out of touch with average Americans.	Up2Late	Oct 2012	#153
Stupid A-S-S needs to shut his fucking PIE-HOLE. . . .	BigDemVoter	Oct 2012	#154
Romney is completely out of touch	Doodler71	Oct 2012	#157
A coworker who was probably around 60 had to file bankruptcy	spiderpig	Oct 2012	#158
And this brings up another important point.	Brigid	Oct 2012	#161
Of course we do.	crim son	Oct 2012	#159
What an out of touch fool!	StarryNite	Oct 2012	#160
Sorry I can't help but unlease a chain of profanity	jimlup	Oct 2012	#162
oh. my. god.	SemperEadem	Oct 2012	#163
Mr. pig and I were both in emergency in the past couple of years	spiderpig	Oct 2012	#169
Myth Rmoney is trying to use the Jedi Mind Trick	paparush	Oct 2012	#164
I had a coworker who swore there was no one going hungry in the US	FiveGoodMen	Oct 2012	#165
Once you leave the Emergency Room there is NO follow up care. You will have another	DhhD	Oct 2012	#166
Not from LEGITIMATE illness....	reACTIONary	Oct 2012	#167
I swear to all that I hold holy that I hate that asshole.	stillwaiting	Oct 2012	#168
You said it.	spiderpig	Oct 2012	#170
It's not just RMoney and his buddies who are betraying us	FiveGoodMen	Oct 2012	#171
Romney truly is a Sob.	hrmjustin	Oct 2012	#172
Stupid Bastard!	Heathen57	Oct 2012	#174
WTF - Mitt, a PROBLEM is not its own SOLUTION.	Beartracks	Oct 2012	#175
Kick to remind people about The Stupid Greedy Shapeshifter running	Cha	Oct 2012	#176
How out of touch can this moron be?	BlueDemKev	Oct 2012	#177
Jackass. My life has probably already been shortened ...	gauguin57	Oct 2012	#178
Tell that to the DUers who have died because they didn't have insurance. n/t	Crunchy Frog	Oct 2012	#181
NO they get hauled away by the POLICE for bleeding in the ER	Tigress DEM	Oct 2012	#182
My friend died because she couldn't afford chemo.	Liberty Belle	Oct 2012	#186
Two of my cousins died & that's what happened to them.	caseymoz	Oct 2012	#187
Keep this story alive!!	Nancy Waterman	Oct 2012	#188
We need to keep hammering	Doodler71	Oct 2012	#189
my understanding is such treatment is paid by insurance cos. through higher premiums to the insured	wordpix	Oct 2012	#190
So let me get this right?	SmittynMo	Oct 2012	#193
I could name names	loyalsister	Oct 2012	#198
Romney Care 2012 Is I Don't Care	TomCADem	Oct 2012	#199
Romney: I'm a God-awful businessman	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#200
Romney knew better a few years ago, but he's getting increasingly stupid.	Sparky 1	Oct 2012	#201
kick	Nancy Waterman	Oct 2012	#204
this guy is not just an idiot. he is an EXTREME idiot!!! holy crap not sure what to say to this..nt	desertduck	Oct 2012	#205
COMPLETELY.out.of.touch.!!!!!	southerncrone	Oct 2012	#206
Kick. n/t	area51	Oct 2012	#208

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