http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqpEt_CdBkSee NoQuarter
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/07/the-real-trina-bachtel-story/ for the background on this story.
Here's Ann Kornblutt's late breaking story
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/07/clinton_told_true_tale_of_woe.html, which she teased on David Gregory's show today, that corrects the record:
For weeks, Clinton repeated an anecdote she heard in Ohio on Feb. 28 involving a young woman who lost her baby and later died because she lacked health insurance and did not have $100 to gain access to a nearby hospital.
But over the weekend, Clinton came under fire when officials at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, after reading about her remarks, demanded that she stop recounting it because the patient, Trina Bechtel, was admitted there and did have insurance.
That part, it turns out, is true. But so is Clinton's claim that Bechtel did not get care at another hospital that wanted a $100 pre-payment before seeing her, according to the young woman's aunt, Lisa Casto. "It's a true story," said Casto, 53. ... ..
But court records show that Bechtel had a civil judgment against her by the Holzer Hospital Foundation for the amount of $4,426, entered in 2002, which was repaid in 2005. A call to an official at Holzer Medical Center, which is run by the foundation, in Ohio was not immediately returned.
Casto said her niece, who suffered from preeclampsia during her pregnancy, did not seek care at the first hospital she when she fell ill because she knew she did not have the $100 out-of-pocket she believed she would need to be seen. Instead, she went to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, where her baby was stillborn. Bechtel was later flown to Columbus and died there. She was 35.
Casto said she has been stunned by the amount of negative attention her niece's story generated, and that she was sorry it had hurt the Clinton campaign. She was, and is, she said, a supporter. "Did I vote for Hillary?" she said. "You'd better bet I did."
Clinton Told True Tale of Woe, Says Kin
Will the people who got this story wrong correct the record?
Maybe you should help them along. First stop, Andrea Mitchell.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/storylines-by-digby-andrea-mitchell.html