Chris Healy is the Chairman of the Republican Party in Connecticut. He takes atypically Republican view of the crisis in health care in America: Blame it on he victims.
He writes on his blog:
Everyone can get health care in this country. But too many people get it for nothing because they choose not to buy insurance or simply know they will never have to pay.
Many people, most people sadly, don’t take care of themselves. They get sick and stay sick and cost a fortune.
In other words, for those millions of people who lack health care coverage, it’s their own fault. They chose not to buy insurance.
If they get sick, that’s their fault too. They chose not to take care of themselves.
This kind of argument is beyond reprehensible. It ignores the fact that most uninsured would buy insurance if only it were available and they could afford it. And blaming illness on the victims defies credulity.
Republicans in Connecticut deserve to have a more responsible spokesperson than this.
Republicans in Connecticut deserve to have a more responsible spokesman than this.
