Romney says "poor should rely on emergency rooms for healthcare"

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Romney says "poor should rely on emergency rooms for healthcare"

2012 Sep 24, 10:24am 2,495 views 4 comments

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/24/transcript-romney-on-60-minutes/

Romney: Let them go to emergency rooms

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romney-let-them-go-to-emergency-rooms/2012/09/24/3ac90b0e-0680-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html

Let them eat cake

I think the President's right. I think this is a very clear choice for the American people as to what America's future will look like. The President's vision is one of a larger and larger government with trillion-dollar deficits that promises everything to everyone. That's the course that he has laid out. His policy for the -- the economy is more stimulus, more government spending. My course is very different than that. Mine says make government smaller. Don't build these massive deficits that pass debt on to our kids, rebuild the foundation of America's strength with great homes, great schools,...

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1 Politicofact 2012 Sep 24, 10:24am

Keep talking mitt, keep talking.

2 Raw 2012 Sep 24, 10:38am

If a 5 year old in an uninsured family has a simple cold, the mother would be forced to go to the emergency room that will end up costing the taxpayer $5,000. Isn't it cheaper to just let her go for a doctor's visit that will cost $200.00?
This just increases the deficit, not reduce it.

3 curious2 2012 Sep 24, 12:01pm

Raw says

If a 5 year old in an uninsured family has a simple cold, the mother would be forced to go to the emergency room....

There is no cure for the common cold, and going to the emergency room is the stupidest thing the mother could do. (BTW, why do you assume the mother would be "forced," and what about the father?) Going to a doctor would also be an expensive waste of time. Much better to stay home and have some hot soup.

4 FloridaBill 2012 Sep 24, 11:40pm

curious2 says

Raw says

If a 5 year old in an uninsured family has a simple cold, the mother would be forced to go to the emergency room....

There is no cure for the common cold, and going to the emergency room is the stupidest thing the mother could do. (BTW, why do you assume the mother would be "forced," and what about the father?) Going to a doctor would also be an expensive waste of time. Much better to stay home and have some hot soup.

Very true, and you can charge $5000 for this diagnoses in an Emergency room, or $200 in a doctors office when the mother brings her kid in anyway.

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