On Sept. 21 Virginia Republican Eric Cantor held a town hall meeting during which a woman asked what he would do if he had a family member like hers that had lost her job and health care and then
been diagnosed with tumors and in need of surgery. Congressman Cantor first mentioned the families financial situation.
He stated that 24 percent of uninsured were poor enough to already qualify for existing government programs. Not only does that mean that 76 percent do not qualify for any existing program and are on
their own, but that Cantor is steering this woman toward government-run health care programs that he so vocally criticizes.
He also said there were charity programs she should investigate. These programs typically have an income threshold and always have long waiting lists. Eric Cantor’s suggestions to her are at best futile
and at worst callous.
Congressman Cantor rails against health care reform while day after day real people suffer and die under a system that costs more than any other country, provides 37th best outcomes and pumps
millions of dollars into the coffers of legislators who then seek to kill reform. In truth he has no options. Maybe he’ll take some of the $700,000-plus he has received from health industries
(opensecrets.org) and pay her bills?
The sad irony is that in Eric Cantor’s world the uninsured die untreated and broke. I don’t think I want to live in Eric Cantor’s world.
CARL GENTHER
Gainesville
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