Romney Repeats Emergency Room Comment

Columbus Dispatch - 10/11/2012

In  a meeting with The Columbus Dispatch’s editorial board, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney offered hints as to what he would put in place of “Obamacare."

“We don’t have a setting across this country where if you don’t have insurance, we just say to you, ‘Tough luck, you’re going to die when you have your heart attack, " said Romney, echoing his remarks from an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" two weeks ago.

Romney said those who currently do not carry insurance would have a chance to make a “choice” to be covered without worrying about being denied, but did not specify how long Americans would have to make a choice, or what would happen to those who chose not to be covered and later became ill. Read More

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