President Obama’s challenger Mitt Romney is facing criticism
over his remarks Thursday that uninsured Americans are able to have
their healthcare paid for if they simply go to the hospital.
(photo: Steve Rhodes via flickr) Romney
told the Columbus Dispatch newspaper people do not die from lack of
insurance, saying: "No, you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get
care, and it’s paid for, either by charity, the government or by the
hospital. We don’t have people that become ill, who die in their
apartment because they don’t have insurance." In fact, a 2009 study by
researchers at Harvard Medical School found 45,000 people die in the
United States each year due largely to a lack of health insurance and
inability to access quality care. That comes out to one death every 12
seconds.
(photo: Steve Rhodes via flickr) Romney
told the Columbus Dispatch newspaper people do not die from lack of
insurance, saying: "No, you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get
care, and it’s paid for, either by charity, the government or by the
hospital. We don’t have people that become ill, who die in their
apartment because they don’t have insurance." In fact, a 2009 study by
researchers at Harvard Medical School found 45,000 people die in the
United States each year due largely to a lack of health insurance and
inability to access quality care. That comes out to one death every 12
seconds.
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