GOP Tea Party Debate: Audience Cheers, Says Society Should Let Uninsured Patient Die

[slinkslowdown]

A bit of a startling moment happened near the end of Monday night's CNN debate when a hypothetical question was posed to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

"What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn't have health insurance? Who pays for his coverage? Are you saying society should just let him die?" Wolf Blitzer asked.

"Yeah!" several

Comments

[ditaykan]

The fuck. Letting someone DIE is better than paying a little extra, or paying for national health care through their taxes. Do these people even LISTEN to themselves?

[ljmydayaway]

I keep thinking, if we just got rid of Medicare and Medicaid, and instead had national health care, that would cover most of the bill for NHC anyways. :C There'd be, MAYBE, a 1-2% increase in taxes. I think I can spare a couple bucks just so that I can get birth control, therapy, medication that isn't total shit, etc., etc., etc.

[gr_julian]

I'm sure they do. I am sure they also pat themselves on the back for being so coldly rational. :(

[gehayi]

You know, I can remember when saying this would have disqualified the asshole who said it from political office for the rest of eternity. People just would have decided they didn't want slime like this in charge.

Now people CHEER.

I hate what's happening to my country.

[kittenmommy]

ITA with all of this.

[xylen]

Here's hoping those who cheered someday find themselves in need of health insurance only to find out they let their policies lapse or that they were cancelled for some reason.

[op_tech_glitch]

No matter what disagreements one may have with Obama or how he's handled the job (and I have quite a few)...let's never, never forget that this is what we end up with if he loses next year.

Also: "Really? The blatant, un-Christian-like behavior of a crowd of conservatives threw you off? The same people who gave a rousing round of applause for your Kill-a-Thon? Really? Where the hell have you been, Perry? Has not the Republican mantra been 'I got mine, screw you!' for the last 40 years? Has not the GOP made it abundantly clear that the poor must fend for themselves? Has not the Right complained, loudly, that having to support those who cannot support themselves is literally evil? What, precisely, did you think the outcome of such a philosophy would be?"

Also also: God to USA, "That's it, I'm outta here."

[miss_poppet]

Thanks for linking these.

[chocolate_chip]

And these are the same people who, if you want to get an abortion, go foaming at the mouth about how all life is sacred and how dare you. I don't get how they reconcile themselves at all.

"We have given up on this whole concept that we might take care of ourselves, assume responsibility for ourselves ... that's the reason the cost is so high." Then why does health care cost so much less in countries with national coverage?