McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your life

McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’
By Matt Corley
ThinkProgress

For months now, conservatives have been scare-mongering about health care reform with outrageous claims that it would lead to “death panels” that could “pull the plug on grandma.” In Congress, some Republican backbenchers have claimed that Americans will die if health care reform passes Congress. “We’ve been battling this socialist health care, the nationalization of health care, that is going to absolutely kill senior citizens,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ radio show. “They’ll put them on lists and force them to die early.”

Now, the scaremongering has been embraced by the congressional GOP’s leadership. In an interview on Dennis Miller’s radio show yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that the public option “may cost you your life”:

MCCONNELL: Well, it doesn’t make any difference frankly whether you opt-in or you opt-out, it’s still a government plan. You know, Medicaid, the program for the poor now, states can opt-out of that, but none of them have. I think if you have any kind of government insurance program, you’re going to be stuck with it and it will lead us in the direction of the European style, you know, sort of British-style, single payer, government run system. And those systems are known for delays, denial of care and, you know, if your particular malady doesn’t fit the government regulation, you don’t get the medication.

MILLER: Right.

MCCONNELL: And it may cost you your life. I mean, we don’t want to go down that path.

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read more and listen for yourself:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/29/mcconnell-cost-life/

because once you are aware of their lies, they look like horrible gaffs...but for those who aren't aware, this tactic works. You can fool some of the people some of the time....and a short period of time is all they need.

A pox on both their houses is what I'm thinking.

Fuck you, Republicans.

you get bankrupted by hospital bills while he votes billions more under-the-table money to Afghan warlord opium poppy growers.

But did you see the stocks for Wellpoint today!!! :sarcasm:

That's some death panels there.

care doesn't he get? Since when did he get so concerned about life? The audacity and gall of these Republican vampires. They think we are so stupid that we will accept any lie and any convoluted reasoning they throw at us.

all the these bastards need to opt out of their government health insurance

then he should get the hell out

as a government program? Hypocrite someone? Get off that healthcare plan Senator, it will kill you!! Sheeeeze

McConnell says that like it's a bad thing.

Huh.

Just doesn't add up, does it.



Rightwingnuts; stupidest MFing liars on the planet.

eh, bring it on!

He answers my letters but the answers have nothing to do with the questions. He is probably the biggest, closeted, hypocritical tool in Washington, not Ky, no no, he and his blushing beard are never available here unless your vetted to attend a fund raiser. Shame on us for not dumping him.