4 posted on December 11, 2014 at 8:57:22 AM EST by Night Hides Not
It’s worse than that . . . The mister, Alvin Wiederspahn, was a banking exec. “In 2007-2008, Rep. Lummis’ financial disclosure forms reported a net worth between $20 million and $75 million, landing her spot No. 15 on RollCall.com’s list of the 50 wealthiest members in both houses of Congress” . . .
Sheer stupidity to have her say anything.
17 posted on December 11, 2014 at 9:46:04 AM EST by CaptainPhilFan
My dad recently went to the hospital for chest pains. Spent one night and had a stress test done. Turns out it was acid reflux. The bill? $40,000.
Posted by To Hell With Poverty
You don’t get to having a $20 million net worth by throwing $40,000 at every case of the sniffles. Bad guess on Mr. Wiederspahn’s part, is allBut if he’d known he was insured he would have undoubtedly been more inclined to take what turned out to be the correct course of action. ObamaCare functioned as a preemptive “death panel” in this case. With the victim’s cooperation. In effect he was the victim of a phishing attack which discouraged him from the proper course of action.
“You don’t get to having a $20 million net worth by throwing $40,000 at every case of the sniffles. Bad guess on Mr. Wiederspahn’s part, is all”
Well then that’s what Mrs Lummis should have said.
I am NO fan of our new Health Insurance Reality but O’care had nothing to do with the death of a man who could have paid a for a TEST out of pocket. The Lummis-Wiederspahn’s have many more millions than a mere 20 in cash and property.
For her to sit there like the wounded party when some of us actually are on the edge right now is disgusting.
We had to change plans again this year, and because I take 3 expensive drugs for an endocrine problem chose one of the higher cost plans, with half-assed reassurances that my Rx’s would be covered.
But ya know what? They may not be covered - we won’t find out for sure until January. And if they’re not, my choice is death or poverty. THAT is what Ocare has done to everyday, middle-class, working-class Americans.
This is wealth redistribution pure and simple.
To see Lummis boo-hooing about they didn’t know if they were insured or not and that’s why a man with more change in his pocket than I have in my bank account died, frosted my donuts but good.
They can live with holes in the socks by choice. The rest of us can’t afford thread and needles.
more on her property here - cut and paste in case it’s a hotlink.