Now, again, I don't accuse Hillary of 'lying' about the hospital story. Repeating something that's false is stupid and inexcusable, but not lying.

But Slate declares that the story is now true.. based on 'clarification' from the family? Idiots. The story, after clarification, isn't the same story that Clinton told! She said the woman was uninsured, and died after being refused care at a hospital because she couldn't pay the fee.

The true story is that an uninsured woman couldn't pay the fee at one hospital. Then decided she needed to apply for health insurance, was approved, began a treatment of care at a hospital under the review of a physician practice, and died anyway. This is a sad story, but was relayed by Clinton to the public with the essential details of 'insurance' and 'physician care' conveniently left out.

Old story: People without health insurance sometimes die.

New story: People with or without health insurance sometimes die.

Even this revised version is wrong. No hospital is legally allowed to refuse emergency treatment because they are uninsured or do not have money. The first story wasn't vetted and now the second one hasn't been either.

Who cares? I'm an Obama supporter, but I could see this was a stupid ado about nothing. She was repeating a story told to her, we saw the televised film of her being told that, so it wasn't HER lie, it was the sheriff's (or not...who knows, who cares).

In the revised version, the first visit was not an emergency visit. Prenatal care is important, but without symptoms it is not an emergency.

As to why you should care.. well, if you're an Obama supporter, perhaps not. The general import of this fiasco is that Clinton's campaign is unprofessional and unvetted. Considering how loudly she proclaimed 'I've been vetted!'.. so far it's been one mistake after another.

One call to the hospital would have fixed the story. One call FROM the hospital should have been enough to end the story. But "The Campaign That Couldn't Talk Straight" blundered right into another mess.

My problem with the retelling of this story is that any reasonably intelligent person who didn't really want to believe the story was true would have realized it was not accurate.

In this country, does anyone think it is possible for someone to be refused care in an emergency setting or while pregnant (which is illegal), and have it not end up as a huge lawsuit and all over the news?

If Hillary really believed that the story occurred as she told it, she either didn't think about it for very long, or she has some serious misconceptions of how health care works in this country.

Methinks it's the latter.

The critical missing piece is that she DID NOT even go to the hospital that required she pay $100.

She apparently told her aunt that she would not bother going to that hospital because they wanted $100. So, the first hospital she actually went to FOR THE ILLNESS FROM WHICH SHE DIED, took her right in.

The central irony here is that the media, which rushed to accuse Hillary of telling a made-up, untrue story about something that didn't happen, now has to fall back on the position that well, she didn't exactly get the details right and she should have more thoroughly researched the story.

Of course, the hems and haws from the media about how Hillary's story was untrue were based on "research" every bit as shoddy. Namely, a hospital put out a statement. Does the fact that someone earnestly tells you a story make it true? No, it does not. Does the fact that a hospital puts out a statement make the story untrue. Again, no it does not. Give credit to the media for exhibiting the exact "character flaw" we are supposed to now attribute to Hillary.

This whole story is just another sad example of the vapid personality-based trivia that passes as "political coverage" these days.

Liar, Liar Pants Suit on Fire

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dukeorsino:

My problem with the retelling of this story is that any reasonably intelligent person who didn't really want to believe the story was true would have realized it was not accurate.

In this country, does anyone think it is possible for someone to be refused care in an emergency setting or while pregnant (which is illegal), and have it not end up as a huge lawsuit and all over the news?

If Hillary really believed that the story occurred as she told it, she either didn't think about it for very long, or she has some serious misconceptions of how health care works in this country.

I found the story unimportant. The media only covered it because there is a theme emerging of Hillary padding her resume.

It is illegal to refuse emergency medical treatment. It is not illegal to refuse medical care for pregnancy in a non-emergency situation.

Just wanted to clear that up...