Watching Romney Ignore This Dying Man's Plea Is Really Upsetting
Not to get too melodramatic here, but does this look like someone with the leadership ability to be president? This was probably about as awkward for everyone in the room as an eighth-grade dance, but somehow I expect more from a person expecting to run a country.
President Obama Consoles Woman Whose Uninsured Sister Died Of Colon Cancer
Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
The sister of Stephanie Miller, from Sandusky, OH, would have been covered if Obamacare were fully implemented when she got sick. Instead, the woman was left without insurance and couldn’t get the health care she needed. According to a report from the event, President Obama offered Miller his condolences:
As the president was working the rope line, he consoled a crying woman who was telling him a story. Pool reached the woman, Stephanie Miller, by phone and got these details.
Ms. Miller said her sister, Kelly Hines, died from colon cancer four years ago because she could not afford proper health insurance. She had no employer-provided coverage
“Even after she was diagnosed with cancer, she was told her income was too high for Medicaid,†Ms. Miller said.
“I thanked him for the getting the Affordable Health Act passed,†she said.
One hundred twenty nine million people have pre-existing conditions. The Affordable Care Act will prevent them from being denied care, either by an individual plan or by an employer. Should Republicans repeal the law, as they have promised, those people could once again find themselves in that situation. Republicans’ only solution is to put people like Miller’s sister into unsustainable, high-risk pools, or force them to go without care.
My heart broke for that poor man and robme just walked away and couldn't have cared less.I bet it would have been a whole different story if it had been one if his boys.
Quoting _Kissy_:If You Want to Know What a Man’s Like, Look at How He Treats His Inferiors
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on Aug. 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM