‘Public option may cost you your life,’ GOP leader says
Public option may cost you your life, GOP leader says. From the party that brought you "death panels," meet -- well -- just "death."Mitch has a history of getting his facts wrong or just plain ignoring information that is contrary to his bizarre fantasies.
Republicans and private health insurance firms are aghast at the inclusion of a so-called "public option" in House and Senate healthcare overhaul bills.
None more so than Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who's charged with leading resistance in the Senate. In an interview Wednesday revealed by ThinkProgress, McConnell declared that the government insurance option would lead to government takeover of the entire healthcare system.
"I think if you have any kind of government insurance program, you're going to be stuck with it and it will lead us in the direction of the European style, you know, sort of British-style, single payer, government run system," McConnell remarked. "And those systems are known for delays, denial of care and, you know, if your particular malady doesn't fit the government regulation, you don't get the medication.
