Story From Obama Health Care Speech Turns Out to Be False
FOX News
President’s speech writers appear to have been informed by erroneous media reports, including an article on Slate.com, about a man who was dropped from his insurance plan and later died.
President Barack Obama, seeking to make a case for health-insurance regulation, told a poignant story to a joint session of Congress last week. An Illinois man getting chemotherapy was dropped from his insurance plan when his insurer discovered an unreported gallstone the patient hadn’t known about.
“They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it,” the president said in the nationally televised address.
In fact, the man, Otto S. Raddatz, didn’t die because the insurance company rescinded his coverage once he became ill, an act known as recission. The efforts of his sister and the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan got Raddatz’s policy reinstated within three weeks of his April 2005 rescission and secured a life-extending stem-cell transplant for him.
…The patient’s sister, Peggy M. Raddatz, testified before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee June 16 that her brother ultimately received treatment that “extended his life approximately three years.” Nowhere in the hearing did she say her brother died because of the delay.
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The YouTube links below are Part 1 and 2 of a tape made by a couplefrom their ranch in south-central Texas . At their own expense, they made 1000 copies and sent one to every singlecongressman and senator and several media outlets.
Let’s hope that each and every one of them watched and LISTENED!!!
US Senior Citizen Speaks Out on Healthcare Bill – Part 1
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US Senior Citizen Speaks Out on Healthcare Bill – Part 2
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Wild Thing’s comment…….
If Rep. Joe Wilson had yelled out “Obama misspoke”…maybe he would not have gotten such flak for saying LIE.
YO Obama you ARE a LIAR!
I love the bottom two video’s of the US Senior Citizen speaking. Fantastic! Thank you Sir!
We need to keep letting our politicans know how you feel.
….Thank you Richard for sending this to me.
obama loves to give an example to prove his point of the moment. A lot of his examples are pure lies or at least embellishments. I worry as much about his true statements like his statement on wealth redistribution.
John Crawford appears to be a man who has been successful through the years by honest work. I like what he says.
Excellant. I too like what he says.
Tom, me too,obama has said a lot of
what his plans are and every one of
them will be bad for our country and
all of us.
Mark, yes he has a calm way of speaking
and at the same time says it with passion.