As if Republican Sue Lowden’s chicken-bartering health care plan wasn’t bad enough, her campaign chief is now suggesting that everyone in Lowden’s state already has health care — in the emergency room.
Robert Uithoven, the campaign chief for Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden, said on journalist Jon Ralston’s TV show that if you have an emergency — like, say, a bullet hole in your chest — you already have taxpayer-funded health care.
“Should everybody have access to health care in this country?” guest host Jeff Gillan asked.
“Absolutely, they do,” Uithoven said.
Gillan: If you can afford it they do.Uithoven: They do. If I have a bullet hole in my chest, I can go down to UMC and I’m gonna get health care.
Gillan: And then taxpayers pay for that.
Uithoven: That’s true.
As Greg Sargent points out: “UMC is the University Medical Center, the only publicly run hospital in Las Vegas.”
Watch:
(h/t Greg Sargent)
Editor’s Note: This post originally incorrectly identified the host of the show. We apologize for the error.
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