Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Growing Tumors: Get ‘An Existing Government Program’ Or Find Charity
Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Growing Tumors: Get ‘An Existing Government Program’ Or Find Charity
At the Richmond Times-Dispatch “public square” forum yesterday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) fielded open questions from his constituents on the health reform debate for the first time this summer.
Patricia Churchill relayed a story about a close family member who recently lost a high paying job and her health insurance. Churchill told Cantor that her relative was dying of stomach tumors and needs an operation as soon as possible. Cantor responded by suggesting that Churchill’s relative should seek “existing government programs” or find charity.
Cantor, who serves as the chief whip for his party, has said that he cannot support a health reform bill with a public option. But despite his political opposition to government insurance programs, Cantor then emphasized to Churchill that every American should be given an “option” for health care, including a government program:
CHURCHILL: I have a very close relative, a woman in her early forties, who did have a wonderful, high-paying job, owns her own home and is a real contributing member of society. She lost her job. Just a couple of weeks ago, she found out that she has tumors in her belly and that she needs an operation. Her doctors told her that they are growing and that she needs to get this operation quickly. She has no insurance. [...]
CANTOR: First of all I guess I would ask what the situation is in terms of income eligibility and the existing programs that are out there. Because if we look at the uninsured that are out there right now, there is probably 23, 24% of the uninsured that is already eligible for an existing government program [...] Beyond that, I know that there are programs, there are charitable organizations, there are hospitals here who do provide charity care if there’s an instance of indigency and the individual is not eligible for existing programs that there can be some cooperative effort. No one in this country, given who we are, should be sitting without an option to be addressed.
Watch it:
In an interview with ThinkProgress after the event, Churchill explained that her relative, who needs help now, probably won’t qualify for a low-income government program like Medicaid and that there are very long waiting periods for charity programs. Asked about Cantor’s response to her question, Churchill said, “it was helpful in a sense, but of course nowhere near as helpful as having this healthcare reform bill passed so that we could know that she could definitely go and get taken care of.”
Today, Cantor called for “scrapping” President Obama’s proposed public option insurance program.
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Jeez, doesn’t Mr. Cantor remember the Republican healthcare plan?
All Americans have health care, all they have to do is go to the emergency room.
How could such a high ranking Republican not know that????
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 pmI dont recall them saying anything like that to Schiavo
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm“it was helpful in a sense, but of course nowhere near as helpful as having this healthcare reform bill passed so that we could know that she could definitely go and get taken care of.”
Now that’s a good answer.
Any chance we could get her to run against Cantor?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:02 pmeric cantor,
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 pmthe face of compassionate conservatism. get a good look folks before you pull down that lever next to the name with a (R) next to it
Hey Eric, how you come you don’t think this woman needs the kind of insurance that you have? After all she helped pay for it, you asshat.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 pmContradict yourself much CAN’Tor?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pmten bucks says cantor wouldn’t have told her to “seek government assistance” (welfare) if she wasn’t a woman of color.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pmCantor’s cavelier attitude (so characteristic of all republican lawmakers) makes me think we need a public national referendum. It is time for the electorate to reduce the salaries of all senators and representatives and to cancel their health insurance until they structure and pass a bill to close the gaps in our current system.
Perhaps, they would then be more receptive actually solving the health insurance problem in this country instead of playing politics.
The salary reduction? That stays. It’s their contribution for all the stupid mistakes they made for the past 30 years.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:07 pmSend her to Matterra’s place, maybe she’ll be deemed “hot enough” for care.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:07 pmThis “charity” thing is a meaningless red herring and they know it. Can you think of a charity on the face of the Earth that says “we’ve made enough money to meet the need this year?” Ever? They always fall short of the demand, and they always have. Therefore, Cantor is explicitly referring her to programs which he knows are insufficient to meet the public need.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:08 pmSo Cantor wants her to use a government program but voted against a government program. This would have surprised me eight years ago but not now. All I have to do is note the guys party affiliation and it explains everything.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:08 pmDumbass.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:09 pmThere’s some kind of virus going around in the Republican party. A little bug gets into the brain and eats away memory. How else can you explain it. Also eats away their hearing- themselves ability. I think if you could open up Eric Cantor’s head and look inside it would resemble a pin ball machine.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:09 pmBut we have scads of public programs. Just look at the picture on my desk of an orphan who we gave eyeglasses to.
Can’t you name all these programs ?
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses ?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 pmNow this is how end-of-life planning is done, libs. The GOP will plan it for you if you don’t produce the green. If you get laid off we consider you to be weak.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 pmPoster 5 made a good point. This womans taxes pays for Cantors health care and he has the audacity to vote against a public option. Hypocrite thy name is Repubican.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 pmEvery cent and every perk this man gets is provided by tax dollars yet he can’t see that every American should have that kind of medical care. What a hypocrite. He should give the open heart surgery benefit to someone who can use it. He won’t be needing it because he doesn’t have a heart.
It is prophetic that the first four letters of his name are CANT. He’s a born Reich Winger. He can’t help himself.
I am going to vomit.
Ye gods!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 pmIf Eric Cantor would spend as much time on Health Care for the voters as he does keeping track of Britney Spears the lady wouldn’t be asking that question. Now I notice Eric Cantor has excellent Medical Coverage paid by the taxpayers for himself and his family. Let’s see if the voters of Virgina buy this bull Cantor is giving out.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pmCantor: Are there no prisons?? Are there no workhouses?? Then those who are badly off must go there!
Cantor, I hope with all my heart that someday this happens to YOU or someone you love; how else are you going to learn the lesson of compassion?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pmI get the feeling that Eric Cantor isn’t the brightest bulb on the tree. He’s a talking point parrot of some sort; well, obviously righty, but there’s also obviously nothing going on in his head that makes connections between what he espouses as “conservative principles” and what he recommends to people as a proper course of action. I don’t think I want to get into the morass of discussing his ethics and morals;given his pronouncements on principles followed by immediate contradiction, I don’t think he has any.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:14 pmCantor’s reference to charity care is a very telling point. By and large, charity care as a means of filling the gap in this country has disappeared. When it did exist decades ago, it was largely the result of the Hill-Burton Act which no longer exists.
Hill-Burton was a government program that provided funding for the development and expansion of hospitals in the U.S. in the mid-1900s. In return for funds received, hospitals were obligated to provide uncompensated care to those who met financial requirements. In other words, the bulk of charity care in the U.S. was funded by the same government that Cantor now says cannot and should not be involved in insurance reform.
How ironic . . . how republican!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm“Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Growing Tumors: Get ‘An Existing Government Program’ Or Find Charity”
[shaking my head] Man, this will bite Britney Cantor in the butt. He accuses Obama’s healthcare reform plan as a government-run program yet he tells Ms. Churchill to have uninsured relative to get ‘an existing government program?
GOP party = mental illness
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 pmElBruce says:
This “charity” thing is a meaningless red herring and they know it. Can you think of a charity on the face of the Earth that says “we’ve made enough money to meet the need this year?” Ever? They always fall short of the demand, and they always have. Therefore, Cantor is explicitly referring her to programs which he knows are insufficient to meet the public need.
Excellent point. My party doesn’t take the word ‘recession’ into any account, however, unless it’s criticizing the president for not cleaning up our deeply-protruding mess fast enough.
We call the government “bankrupt” as opposed to more intelligent response of “revenues are down, the tax cuts for the wealthy aren’t helping, obligations to the government are at an all-time high as a result of our ousted leadership and lots of wasteful spending is still being made out to mercenaries and fat cats.”
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 pmCantor, with his taxpayer-funded health care coverage, just told this woman to go f uck herself.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pmThe people who elect politicians like Cantor are just as much at fault as the politicians. You get what you vote for.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pmCongress should vote to eliminate their own health care. That way they could experience the joys of for-profit health care. Even better, they could experience their recommended health care for Americans, the local hospital emergency room! Let’s see how many have the guts to try a dose of their own medicine!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm-memo to Rep. Cantor-
Where is the charity in your dialogue with your constituents?
The word civility is totally missing, as well as compassion for people who share legitimate stories of healthcare horror. And these people get hit with comments like “Where’s your swastika!?”
Sad……
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 pmYes, lets petition the congress of the united states to have themselves removed from their posh health insurance so that they can get a taste of what the rest of us have to go through. Cantor is such a jerk, how did the people of Virginia vote for this stupid SOB? I thought the people of Virginia were a lot smarter.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 pmCharity begins at home… unless you’re a Republican, then it begins somewhere way far away where they won’t be bothered…
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 pmToday’s GOP: a collaborative project by Charles Dickens and Stephen King.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:31 pmEven if a public option passed tomorrow, it wouldn’t help her relative. I don’t think people realize that if a good bill is finally passed, it will be another four years before it’s implemented.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:38 pmI thought the people of Virginia were a lot smarter.
Screw smart people. We need people who are very smug with their comfortable position in life denying the same opportunity for advancement to others. That’s why I vote republican. Because if there are people suffering out there, it gives me comfort to know I rank above them. It gives me the feeling of superiority.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pmCantor is a sexist, uncaring dolt.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:43 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means … says:
That’s why I vote republican. Because if there are people suffering out there, it gives me comfort to know I rank above them. It gives me the feeling of superiority.
You know, that explains a lot about wingnuts. I think you’re on to something there.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:43 pmThis is incredible. All these Repugs dare to call themselves Christian, and they don’t seem to give a sh*t about other people who are suffering. On the other hand, You have ‘Liberals’ (Gasp!) who want insurance for EVERYONE. WTF? Who are the Christians and who are the Hell bound?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:47 pmOf course, the existing government program is Medicaid, which only kicks in after she paid out of her own pocket until just about all of her net worth is gone.
This is what Cantor would call ‘compassionate conservatism’.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:48 pmCantor couldn’t do anything but give the cold hearted answer he gave, if he showed compassion he might be accused of hypocrisy. You know Republicans don’t want to be hypocrites!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 pmNow Can’t-or’s reluctance to do town halls this summer makes perfect sense.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:52 pmI’m really flabbergasted that this is the level of public discourse the Republicans have to offer. Wouldn’t this have been a perfectly good opportunity for Mr. Cantor to espouse what the Republicans would do for this woman if they were in charge of writing the bills before Congress? The empty-headedness of it is astounding enough in itself, but to come up with such a non-sensical answer should give everyone pause to ever say the word Republican again or have that R after their name.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:53 pmCobra is available for 18 months… but after that what?
She’s going to be forced to liquidate her possessions (in this buy high, sell low economy) and reduced to poverty?
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 pmSee… that’s the problem. The very poor can get help, it’s the middle class that fall through the cracks.
Frankly, we in the GOP don’t give a shit what the economic conditions are. You had the nerve to vote us out. That means we’re going to use every tactic in the book to tell you NO. The obami appointees we’re not confirming, you can take that as a compliment. You lib folks robbed us of our planned permanent majority and we will make sure good government cannot exist, as per the opposite intention of your vote.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pmThese town halls are backfiring on the gop.
How did they let that idiot mccain get this started?
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pmShorter version:
Are there no poorhouses? No prisons?
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:09 pmRepublicans = Heartless
Democrats = Spineless
Just pass the Health Care Bill (with Public Option) already!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pmJeebus! Heartless, ice-water in their veins, and believing that they are never going to suffer anything that afflicts the “little people.”
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pmIt makes me want to wish that Cantor and all the other fools like him develop an agonizing and painful disease.
May his wife, his mother and his daughter never be in this situation. As for him…
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pmre: GeeDub’s (#339) comment:
Wouldn’t this have been a perfectly good opportunity for Mr. Cantor to espouse what the Republicans would do for this woman if they were in charge of writing the bills before Congress?
He did. They would do nothing.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pmBill Maher said “Our healthcare reform would make the U.S. the envy of several African nations”.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 pmSo Can’tor is telling this woman she should consider robbing a bank? If her need is immediate, that would be the fastest way to get into a government program.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pmIt makes me want to wish that Cantor and all the other fools like him develop an agonizing and painful disease.
They already have. Its called Republicanism. The big problem is they are to insensitive to notice. Sort of like leprosy.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pmCantor, you piece of sh!t cut the crap…. just come out and say:
It was all over the news last week that 45,000 a year die because of lack of access to health care. Cantor has to know this.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:40 pmYou know the “bleeding heart liberals” they used to use against us? More and more these days that strikes me as an admission that their hearts don’t even pump blood. Just pure icewater moving through stone.
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Hoodathunk says:
So Can’tor is telling this woman she should consider robbing a bank? If her need is immediate, that would be the fastest way to get into a government program.
Robbing a bank, running for Congress… same thing, these days.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:46 pmWhen people like Cantor speak like this, with no compassion, no justice, no empathy it makes me absolutely mental.
In light of recent events IE Madoff, Wall Street, and his comments it makes me think that Hitler started on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 pmIt makes me want to wish that Cantor and all the other fools like him develop an agonizing and painful disease.
And live with it with no health care or pain meds knowing one day you will meet your death.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:53 pmEven if a public option passed tomorrow, it wouldn’t help her relative. I don’t think people realize that if a good bill is finally passed, it will be another four years before it’s implemented.
If we are the good caring nation we pretend to be, we must address that immediately.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pmI find it very alarming to read that the opposition party of NO never seems to have a clue of what the real situation is. The are so far out of the loop, they haven’t a clue of the reality we are living in and obviously don’t care.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm@31 cwarddc says: “Even if a public option passed tomorrow, it wouldn’t help her relative. I don’t think people realize that if a good bill is finally passed, it will be another four years before it’s implemented.”
Actually, in one of Obama’s speeches, he mentioned that he wanted something in the final bill that would allow those who currently have NO insurance, to immediately get into one of the programs, such as Medicare. He talked at length about realizing there are some who simply can’t wait. Let’s hope the final bill WILL have a provision of that nature in it!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pmThese program is a joke. They asked for your income statement last year. As we all know, last year was different. You may still have job. But not this year. If you have a decent job last year, you are out of luck.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm@40 nellre says: Cobra is available for 18 months… but after that what?
Although people who have been employed are eligible for Cobra, in many cases, the cost is too high and they can’t afford it. Example is a 22 year old single male with history of asthma, but otherwise in good condition – cost for him would be $788 per month and he barely makes that in the only part time job he could find.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:07 pmMs. Churchill says her friend worked her whole life and owns her own home. Cantor tells her she can get help if she’s indigent. I don’t think he knows what that word means.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pmThis website has a rolling counter of people who have lost and are losing their health insurance every second:
http://www.themudflats.net/
Since Jan 2008, just under 4 MILLION
Just watch the counter roll for a couple of minutes and it certainly impacts how dire the situation is.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pmCantor, “Let them get charity.” News flash dumbass. I’m broke because of all the money I have to pay for health insurance. I don’t have money to give to charity so this woman can get treated any more. I don’t need another tax break, I don’t have any profit.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pmIf you didn’t take Cobra when you lost your job because you were afraid your money wouldn’t last you can’t go back later and say sign me up when you find out you need insurance.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pmhttp://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance-companies-psa
It’d be funny if people like Cantor didn’t make it so true.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pmGreatGranny: “Although people who have been employed are eligible for Cobra, in many cases, the cost is too high and they can’t afford it.”
Our current COBRA bill for a family of four is $1790 a month not counting out of pocket expenses which are considerable. We are stuck there because of pre-existing conditions. The health insurance bill is more than the house payment. Nobody can explain how this system makes sense – not even the people who profit the most from it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:22 pmSadly she doesn’t qualify for any programs, because she made too much money last year. They all ask for your income tax statements from last year to see if you qualify.
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Didn’t this ahole get the memo he’s supposed to say “see me after the meeting and let’s see what we can do to help.”
I know the rupublicans don’t mean it, but aren’t they at least supposed to pretend?
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pmeat shi* cg.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:49 pmDemocrats are not only spineless — they are stupid. Someone with a heart rendering medical situation should be made the public poster board for the “public option.” Similar to what republicans did with “Joe the Plumber”.
It should be so heart rendering that we all require a satisfactory solution to get this person the health insurance that will meet the need.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 pm@65 NinerFan – GOOD GRIEF! That is outrageous. We all hope and pray that you make it through this financial situation until such time as something is passed that will alleviate some of the burden for you and others in your situation.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 pmLook, it’s time for us to get over making arguments for health care reform based on people in need, or fairness, or equal access or affordability. The right wing does not care. In point of fact, those may be arguments in favor of doing nothing for them.
The arguments for health care reform that might make a difference have to do with a public option shifting health care costs from businesses, bolstering the economy and security. And those arguments will only work with moderates or thoughtful independents. For the rest of them, reform is simply a threat to the holy profit margin of the sacred corporations. Forget about it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:06 pmI’m curious — is there some kind of alternate universe in Mr. Cantor’s Ohio congressional district that I wasn’t informed of that has an overabundance of charities and specialty clinics and hospitals that are offering free $50,000 tumor operations or free $100,000 cancer treatments at large to the uninsured ill? If that be the case, no wonder the good Congressman is so gung-ho for maintaining the status quo on health care – the problem is apparently already being handled appropriately.
Just saying . . .
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:18 pmIf these churches that spend so much money on political causes and recreation centers for children in their congregation started giving that money to heal the sick and feed the poor, then perhaps there would be more charitable assistance available, but that would not be enough and would only be of use in dire circumstance rather than providing much needed preventive care.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 pmI am shocked our government knowing full well 45,000 deaths a year happen because of lack of access to health care are doing nothing about it.
This is equal to 15 9/11’s per year. And
what did we do just after one 9/11?
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:51 pmSkepticRising says:
The arguments for health care reform that might make a difference have to do with a public option shifting health care costs from businesses, bolstering the economy and security
I’m all for making those arguments as well – I often do – but I don’t think there are any of thse arguments that shouldn’t be made. There are so many to make, that the sheer variety of persuasive approaches available is itself a demonstration of the truth of the matter that public health care is a necessity.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pmConservative Guy said,
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 pmYou are incorrect. This is an American sob story, and you and Cantor are an American S.O.B. story.
Cantor has no soul, but he does have good government paid for health insurance. This is a good example of the G.O.P’s application of their feigned morality. This is a guy who claims to be pro-life. Thus the HUGE disconnect!
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 pmRE: ninerfan @ 65:
Your situation truly sucks.
When they closed down the thermostat factory I was working at in 1990, the COBRA payment was the equivalent of a full month’s unemployment check, and that was 19 years ago. Obviously, it is only getting worse.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:30 pmhad enough #75,
Healthcare deaths at 45,000, car fatalities (2007) 37,000, gun deaths (2005) 31,000. Per Year.
yeah, republicans love them some death.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 pmYou have to wonder if Cantor’s constituents have any sense of shame that would allow his statements to pass without some sort of moral indignation.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 pmNext Monday is Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement in the Jewish religion. Hard to believe, but Cantor is said to be Jewish.
Seems to me this empty-suit weasal needs to get to synagogue early and stay late, because he’s got a shitload of atoning to do for all of his sins.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 pmCantor continues to be a jerk. Since he won’t get out and find out what REAL people are thinking/needing (refused to hold constituent meeting during his ‘break’), Cantor should be treated JUST LIKE HE TREATS people around him. LIKE CRAP..
Cantor should be written off as just another republican thug just like his masters rush and john beohner, beck, hannratty, billo-the-clown ad the rest of the neo-hate-machine….
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 pmHello – Cantor is actually correct. Ms. Churchill – have your family member contact her former employer to sign up for COBRA benefits. Even if she didn’t do it when she lost her job with that company, you have several months to change your mind. There is a cost for COBRA but it’s worth that to get her insurance back especially when the medical bills could be extremely high – as in this case. It will be as though she never left her insurance so they cannot and will not claim it’s a pre-existing condition. This benefit is there and can be used by people that don’t initially accept it then find out they need it. Hopefully, the relative will find another job with insurance soon but in the meantime, this government-created benefit is there to help and has been around for many years. Hope things work out for your relative.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:22 pmRich H says:
Healthcare deaths at 45,000, car fatalities (2007) 37,000, gun deaths (2005) 31,000. Per Year.
yeah, republicans love them some death.
It’s the only way their Lord and Master Satan can assemble an Army of Hell capable of surviving the End Times. As the political arm of the Devil, they’ve got a lot of work to do. But I’ll tell you, a lot of Christian fundamentalists are going to be tremendously surprised to find out which side they’re on when the sh!t goes down.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 pmThis only reinforces the fact that Republicans are totally outside of reality. Eric Cantor is a powerful figure in the party and this is his compassionate conservative response. He is the biggest welfare recipient in our country– we pay his salary, …he’ll get a huge pension, and the American people pay for his healthcare– AND he gets K Street $$$$. Sad, sorry man who represents a corrupted political party. Have you no shame Mr. Cantor.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 pmThe democrats should have let the republicans defend the status quo in a public debate. By now it is known give them enough mic time and they’ll hang themselves with it. Do what Jon Stewart does. He attacks anybody who opens their mouth inappropriately. Jon’s favourite are republicans who trips over their feet quite often.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 pmAnd don’t forget to eat lots of cake.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 pmTonight my Congressman, Alan Grayson, (D)FL, had a telephone townhall. Lots of people got to ask him questions, including me, or make statements.
One lady had a story very like the woman that Eric Cantor so despicably disrespected.
The difference is that Rep. Grayson, the Democrat, put her in touch with his staff so that he could do something for her, if possible. He even said, “We can’t always do everything we want, but sometimes we can help, and we will do everything we can.”
Who says there’s no difference between the parties?
Cantor needs to be thrown out on his ass – without a lifetime pension and health care that WE pay for.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 pmConservaTROLL
It is disappointing to see you havent killed yourself yet. I keep forgetting how much you hate America and what joy it brings to you to think about how much of a burden your stupidity is on decent human beings. You subhuman punkass troll
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 amMaybe this will be Mr. Cantor’s “macaca” moment. I can’t imagine him giving this response to a white family. His assumption that this relative would be eligible for medicaid is apalling. My brother fell into the same category: too much equity from a previously lost job, but not enough to cover the medial help he needed. He died. Cantor’s callowness is frightening, he has a powerful position in the GOP. Let’s get this woman’s story, and his response out there, locally, nationally.
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 amSmarterthinker (et al) makes a great point – why doesn’t the person in this case sign up for COBRA? We’re getting caught up in Cantor’s lack of intelligence and obvious contradiction in his statement.
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 amAnd, while I agree with the statements about the GOP – let’s not forget that there are members of Congress on the Dem. side of the aisle that are fighting against much of the reform bills.
Stupid is not the domain of one party alone.
Conservative Guy said,
Another liberal sob story.
Yet another shining example of a “compassionate conservative christian”…..what a pathetic bunch of zealot losing hypocrites. Keep them out of power and this country will improve.
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pmA charity or a non-profit. … COBRA is priced for those with a pre-existing condition. Nobody in good health would pay those rates. They could get an individual policy for about 30% of the cost of COBRA from the same insurance company.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pmTrue cobra cannot be sustained when you are out of work.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:56 pmCharity? Charity can help with your rent that month or maybe get you some food but cancer surgery? I work for a restaurant that is run by a retired politician (D) and we do charity nights twice a week where we donate 25% of our gross to a charity. A few weeks ago we did one for the family of a woman who was pregnant and died from complications due to swine flu. The baby was saved thankfully but her husband is swamped with bills and is grieving the loss of his wife. That night we were so busy we could barely handle it. Do you know how much we raised? $3000. That’s a lot to help out a grieving family who needs time off work due to bereavement etc. but how much will $3000 go towards cancer surgery? Not a whole lot. That won’t even pay for the anesthesia. As a person who engages in charity work twice a week I can say that we cannot afford to raise money for anyone’s surgery.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:13 pmWhat Cantor did not say is that any and all of the available “charity” or government aid available, have waiting lists and application processes that take months to years to complete. gögüs estetigi
September 28th, 2009 at 11:39 amThank you for your sharing.!
September 29th, 2009 at 7:16 am