Eric Cantor Says Woman With Growing Tumors Should Find Gov’t Program Or Charity

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor says he can’t support health reform that includes a public option. But a constituent who asked Cantor what a suffering relative without health insurance should do was told to find a government program or rely on the kindness of strangers.

[Patricia] 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.

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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.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.