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Posted on 09/13/2011 1:53:01 PM PDT by Scythian
If you're uninsured and on the brink of death, that's apparently a laughing matter to some audience members at last night's tea party Republican presidential debate.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a doctor, was asked a hypothetical question by CNN host Wolf Blitzer about how society should respond if a healthy 30-year-old man who decided against buying health insurance suddenly goes into a coma and requires intensive care for six months. Paul--a fierce limited-government advocate-- said it shouldn't be the government's responsibility. "That's what freedom is all about, taking your own risks," Paul said and was drowned out by audience applause as he added, "this whole idea that you have to prepare to take care of everybody …"
"Are you saying that society should just let him die?" Blitzer pressed Paul. And that's when the audience got involved.
Several loud cheers of "yeah!" followed by laughter could be heard in the Expo Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds in response to Blitzer's question.
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Ron Paul said that “That’s what freedom is all about, taking your own risks”
Several years ago a young man was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had no health insurance. He was treated with chemotherapy but he was not allowed to get anti nausea medication. A few of us that worked at the hospital offered to pick up the bill for the young man so he wouldn't have to suffer during treatments. The hospital rejected our offer. We couldn't do it for just one patient, we would have to do it for all patients.
So you see while patients without medical coverage get treated, they get limited treatment..it is nothing new.
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