Ed Schulz, progressive talk radio host -- now there's a rarity -- has challenged Eric Cantor to come on his show for a full hour and explain his remarks to the woman at his town hall last week. She had asked where her uninsured relative could get needed surgery, and Cantor told her to look into existing government programs or charity organizations (see my blog of 9/23 "Getting down to cases"). Their vaunted private insurance wasn't mentioned. Schultz is also challenging Cantor to tell the audience about the Republican plan in detail for health care reform. Now that would be news.
That's what we've been needing.
Wouldn't it be something if it turns out that the right-wing smear-fight peaked too soon and the momentum is now going the other way?
There is encouraging news that the Democrats are increasingly optimistic that we will wind up with Obama signing into law a bill that includes a robust public option plan.Ralph
Cantor has now given an interview to explain his remarks. He says he was responding to the immediacy of the request -- i.e. how in the current system could she get help, not how should the system be fixed.
ReplyDeleteYes, but that's the point. If the system is fixed the way Democrats want, this situation would arise because the woman would not have lost her health insurance when she lost her job. But the Republicans want to keep the private insurance system that let's just this kind of situation develop.
Clarification: the above should have read:
ReplyDelete" . . . this situation would NOT arise because the woman would not have lost her health insurance when she lost her job."
I'm glad someone is calling on Eric Cantor to explain his response to the woman whose sister was sick and without insurance. Joy
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