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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 02:28 PM Jan 2017

A guest on Thom Hartman's show, Steve Beaman, a repub, said that health care [View all]

should be a privilege. If you cannot afford it then you don't get it (in summary). He said it should never be a right and government should not be in the business of providing it. These people have no soul. Thom questioned him about a person being able to access the newer technologies in medicine. His response was that if they cannot afford it, oh well.

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Awful person! get the red out Jan 2017 #1
Then Congressional Republicans should be first to lose their coverage. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #2
+1 dalton99a Jan 2017 #9
Beaman MythosMaster Jan 2017 #3
Thanks for correcting that last name! mfcorey1 Jan 2017 #6
I'm still hoping for 2naSalit Jan 2017 #4
So bacteria and tumors have the right to your body? ck4829 Jan 2017 #5
So potholes in the streets deserve more attention than health care eleny Jan 2017 #7
Oh no, not at all. DefenseLawyer Jan 2017 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author BadgerMom Jan 2017 #8
The Libertarian no morals view. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #10
He probably thinks... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #11
fuck steve beaman, whoever he is. spanone Jan 2017 #12
people don't have a soul bdamomma Jan 2017 #14
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