Santorum Implicitly Concedes Need For Obamacare: Says Special Needs Child Took Up Much Of His Income

[kpete]

Santorum Implicitly Concedes Need For Obamacare: Says His Special Needs Child Took Up Much Of His Income

SANTORUM: Well, we always need to do better. I was in a situation where we have seven children and one disabled child who we take care of, and she’s very, very expensive. We love her and we cherish the opportunity to take care of her, but it’s an additional expense. We have to have around-the-clock care for her, and our insurance company doesn’t cover it so I have to cover it.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/04/437240/santorum-concedes-need-for-obamacare/

[SDjack]

1. Lucky Ricky -- He was able to sell to the banksters and CEOs his access to the Senate to pay his .

daughter's medical bills. That's better coverage than most of have from our insurance companies.

[Enrique]

2. Wallace pointed out...

Wallace pointed out that Santorum didn’t give much to charity before Bella was born either.

[dkf]

3. If the ACA fixed this problem wouldn't he now be covered?

I don't get this argument at all.

This validates that private insurance doesn't keep a person out of financial difficulties for medical needs. To me it supports the idea that Obama's approach was flawed.

[kestrel91316]

5. All the improvements to health insurance are for NEW policies.

They don't apply to existing policies.

To get a new policy for her with the good stuff he would have to drop her off insurance entirely for 6 months and then sign her up under the high risk pool due to her pre-existing condition.

This is the situation my assistant with genetic issues and now MS has. No way she could go without coverage right now. So she is screwed - stuck with her crappy Blue Cross policy.

[Angry Dragon]

4. santorum is such a piece of slime