Tea Party Crowd Cheers At the Idea That an Uninsured Man Might Die.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

to the RP part.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/tea-party-debate-health-care_n_959354.html

A bit of a startling moment happened near the end of Monday night's CNN debate when a hypothetical question was posed to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn't have health insurance? Who pays for his coverage? "Are you saying society should just let him die?" Wolf Blitzer asked.

"Yeah!" several members of the crowd yelled out.

Paul interjected to offer an explanation for how this was, more-or-less, the root choice of a free society. He added that communities and non-government institutions can fill the void that the public sector is currently playing.

"We never turned anybody away from the hospital," he said of his volunteer work for churches and his career as a doctor. "We have given up on this whole concept that we might take care of ourselves, assume responsibility for ourselves ... that's the reason the cost is so high."

The answer may have struck a truly libertarian tone but it was clearly overshadowed by the members of the crowd who enthusiastically cheered the prospect of letting a man die rather than picking up the tab for his coverage.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

It's one more sign that this nation has become a nation of imbeciles that gets dumber by the day.

[^_^ 5,021]

Not a crowd, more like 2 people.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Not a good way to go out.

[DaveE 178]

Gee talk about taking stuff out of context. The question had to do with a healthy man in his thirties. If he was healthy and could afford health insurance, but elected not buy it and instead pocked the 200 to 300 dollars per month it would cost him for insurance. The hypothetical went on, that suddenly that man had a health event that would cost several hundred thousand dollars, and months of care what would you do?

You're right, several people cheered and basically said he took the risk and to let him live, (or not live) with his decision.

Of course, being responsble for your decisions no longer seems very prevalent in American society.

[slim 1,525]

Lets base the election on hypotheticals. Kind of like the nobel prize, right?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Gee talk about taking stuff out of context. The question had to do with a healthy man in his thirties. If he was healthy and could afford health insurance, but elected not buy it and instead pocked the 200 to 300 dollars per month it would cost him for insurance. The hypothetical went on, that suddenly that man had a health event that would cost several hundred thousand dollars, and months of care what would you do?

A lot of people do this . A friend of mine has 2 homes and about 40 acres of forest and claims she cannot afford health insurance. She does drive a better car than mine and just went to Hawaii and an alaskan cruise this last year.

You're right, several people cheered and basically said he took the risk and to let him live, (or not live) with his decision.

Of course, being responsble for your decisions no longer seems very prevalent in American society.