Woman Who Watched Her Brother Die From Lack of Insurance Delivers Powerful Rebuttal to GOP [View All]

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http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/09/16/woman-who-watched-her-brother-die-from-lack-of-insurance-delivers-powerful-rebuttal-to-gop/

By: David Dayen Friday September 16, 2011 1:34 pm

The incident highlighted something that I don’t think most political commentators have fully absorbed: at this point, American politics is fundamentally about different moral visions <...>

…very few of those who die from lack of medical care look like Mr. Blitzer’s hypothetical individual who could and should have bought insurance. In reality, most uninsured Americans either have low incomes and cannot afford insurance, or are rejected by insurers because they have chronic conditions.

So would people on the right be willing to let those who are uninsured through no fault of their own die from lack of care? The answer, based on recent history, is a resounding “Yeah!”