"I'm not interested in taking it from the seniors and giving it to somebody else."
That is Sarasota Congressman Vern Buchanan's statement about health care coverage from his town hall meeting on Thursday night at Braden River High School in Bradenton. Of course, Vern doesn't tell them that they are ALREADY paying for other people, through their taxes that reimburse hospitals for the uninsured at exorbitant rates. Better to let uninsured folks get reallll sick (expensive sick), after all, than have health coverage that provides preventive and well care at lower, more affordable costs.
Here's video of the towner from PoHo correspondent Robin "Roblimo" Miller, after the jump:
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2009.
