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In reply to the discussion: Romney: ‘We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance’ [View all]Cha
(296,821 posts)176. Kick to remind people about The Stupid Greedy Shapeshifter running
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Romney: ‘We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance’ [View all]
kpete
Oct 2012
OP
People who need chemo treatments die if they can't afford it and no charity for them.
SharonAnn
Oct 2012
#156
Oh, stop complaining...you can just borrow twenty thousand dollars from your parents, doncha know!!!
MADem
Oct 2012
#145
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
Or written off by the hospital after the person dies or files a medical bankruptcy
Roland99
Oct 2012
#6
I'm quite sure Mittens and the Duchess have had health insurance their whole lives.
beac
Oct 2012
#27
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
Yes. Just march right into that emergency room and demand your chemo and your meds.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#122
True. They die in the hospital because they dont have insurance and dont go to the doctor
Mass
Oct 2012
#20
where did he get this idea: and it’s paid for, either by charity, the government or by the hospital
OKNancy
Oct 2012
#29
His ignorance of reality for those that do not fall in his elite social class is astounding. nt
mother earth
Oct 2012
#43
Try asking a hospital for chemo in an ER! They WILL NOT treat your cancer unless you can find a
Dustlawyer
Oct 2012
#57
How about people who get emergency treatment, live, then lose their house, job and family
bhikkhu
Oct 2012
#59
OMG, Canada!? The place of "free" health care evildoing? Here's a story (short):
wordpix
Oct 2012
#195
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
Does he think people ONLY have heart attacks? What about long, lingering illnesses?
Chorophyll
Oct 2012
#98
The people who die because they don't have health care are people with chronic
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#118
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
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
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
Once you leave the Emergency Room there is NO follow up care. You will have another
DhhD
Oct 2012
#166
Tell that to the DUers who have died because they didn't have insurance. n/t
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2012
#181
my understanding is such treatment is paid by insurance cos. through higher premiums to the insured
wordpix
Oct 2012
#190
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