Not only is Tenn. in the bottom ten in almost every catagory but this
guy says there are people that choose not to have healthcare.....If so
bring them out here....let's chat with them....and I'd say that if we
have universal healthcare
no one would be FORCED to have it...they could wait till they got sick
and pay for everything up front...no money to treatment...
This dude was/is a cocaine addict...
+++++++++
Healthcare is 'a privilege...not a right': GOP lawmaker
David Edwards and Ron Brynaert
Published: Thursday March 5, 2009
President Obama is set to convene a summit on reforming healthcare
Thursday, and some Republicans are already taking shots. Rep. Zach Wamp
(Rep-Tenn) told MSNBC's Tamron Hall that he believes that healthcare is
not a right because many choose not to have insurance.
After Wamp finished, Hall came very close to implying that the GOP
couldn't come up with any viable alternatives.
"As you well know, sir, the administration disputes that," Hall said
talking over Wamp as he loudly accused Obama of seeking to cut medicare
benefits to pay for the healthcare plan. "But what we're gonna do is let
the president speak for himself."
Hall continued, "I am not speaking for [President Obama], I'm just more
intrigued by who has a right to have healthcare and who does not."
"We better stand up and defend our system or it's going to go away,"
Wamp interjected.
"I think that Americans think that we should have alternatives
certainly, and that's what we want to hear if they're out there, thank
you very much Congressman it's certainly great to talk to you," Hall
ended the segment.
Wamp is reportedly considering running for governor of Tennessee,
despite recently admitting that he was once addicted to cocaine.
Groups supportive of universal healthcare would dispute Wamp's
contention that it isn't a right.
Along with other documents, the United Nations Declaration of Human
Rights, signed by all nations seeking UN membership in 1948, including
the US, contains the following article: "Everyone has the right to a
standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and
of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of
unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of
livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
An article published late Thursday afternoon by MSNBC included a White
House response to some of Wamp's claims.
Domenico Montanaro reports, "'If you go around the country, you won't
hear many people saying, 'I don't want health care,'' a White House
source told MSNBC, adding that the point of today's summit, in fact, is
to bring together people with varying views on the issue. 'Now is the
time to reform health care,' the source said, 'No one says, 'We agree
with everything.'
…We welcome voices from all sides of the spectrum.'"
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