I can't give an informed opinion based on a two minute snippet from a speech. A snippet which is clearly taken out of context.
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Mr. Obama stumbled over his words thrice and used the term breathalyzer when he probably meant nebulizer. I dare you to find a speech in which our current President doesn't make any verbal blunders, stutters, or malaprops. Go ahead and look, I'll wait . . .
If nobody in his family has asthma he probably doesn't know much about asthma fatalities.
I am not a mind reader, nor have I seen this speech in its entirety. However, I think the point he was trying to make is that if we had some form of affordable or better yet, free standardized healthcare, then millions of people wouldn't need to use emergency rooms as their source of primary health care.
FWIW: I am asthmatic. My cousins husband died 10 years ago last month, from a massive heart attack the week after his 5th wedding anniversary. He was only 36. :frown1:
This is exactly what I did not want to get into. I even excused Obama for blundering his words, because he is human. Just like Busch is human. My largest concern is that he thinks people using hospital beds for a legitimate and serious health risk is a waste of our resources.
And free?!! Nothing is free. Someone always has to pay for it. And the free healthcare we give to the welfare public is the main problem. They don't care about going to a FREE clinic when a hospital is closer. Why? Because it is FREE. They have NO RESPONSIBILITY to have to pay for it!
I can tell you stories about these people getting their FREE healthcare that would make you so angry. Like the person who called 911 for a hangnail, or for their tongue caught in their braces, or just last night for a sore throat. All of them have FREE healthcare. Oh wait, its not free. I PAY FOR IT!!!
Now, back to my original question. And have asthma, you can talk from experience. Does it concern you that the person who wants to be the most powerful person in the world does not even know that asthma is a life threatening illness? If he doesn't, maybe he shouldn't be talking about national healthcare. But give me your opinion please, or are you just interested in bashing Busch?