Rob Woodall keeps Govt healthcare 'cause "it's free!"

[mzteris]

Rob Woodall Won't Give Up Government Health Care 'Because It's Free' (VIDEO)
www.huffingtonpost.com (yeah, it's huffpost but I got it from a friends FB.)


. . ."Hear yourself, ma'am. Hear yourself," Woodall told the woman. "You want the government to take care of you, because your employer decided not to take care of you. My question is, 'When do I decide I'm going to take care of me?'"

The exchange continued. In video provided to HuffPost by another constituent, Woodall was asked why -- if he believes in such self reliance -- he doesn't forgo his government health care plan. "I have a question about taking care of you. You have government subsidized health care, but you are not obligated to take that if you don't want to. Why aren't you going out on the fee market in the state where you're a resident and buy your own health care? Be an example," said a constituent in the new video.

"Your question is," Woodall responded, "my government's willing to give me lots and lots of stuff for free and why don't I take it?"

The woman followed up. "Why aren't you leading by example, and go and get it in a single-subscriber plan, like you want everybody else to have, because you want to end employer-sponsored health plans and government-sponsored health plans. You said so in a letter to me, that your goal is to get rid of the employer-sponsored health care . So why aren't you leading by example and go out yourself, decline the government health plan and go to Blue Cross/Blue Shield or whoever, and get one for yourself and see how tough it is," she said. "You don't have any pre-existing conditions, I guess, you haven't had any life-threatening illnesses like I had last year."

. . . "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's because it's free. It's because it's free," he said. "The same reason I went out to Walgreen's and bought ActivOn and I don't have any arthritis pain: Because it's free. Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/rob-woodall-health-care_n_866859.html?ref=fb&src=sp

[drm604]

1. You can get Activon for free at Walgreens?

I guess I sort of see what he's saying (not that I agree with him), but he doesn't make it easy to follow his arguments.

[cameozalaznick]

2. Please, please, please...

Someone run against this guy. Any unemployed Georgians out there who could take this guy on?