As Think Progress pointed out, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned on Dennis Miller’s radio show yesterday that the public option “may cost you your life.”
Miller asked McConnell about the public option compromise that would allow states to opt out. McConnell said a government plan — whether it’s an opt-in or opt-out — is still a government plan.
Medicaid, the program for the poor now, states can opt-out of that, but none of them have. I think if you have any kind of government insurance program you’re going to be stuck with it and it will lead us in the direction of the European style, you know, sort of British-style, single-payer, government run system. And those systems are known for delays, denial of care and you know, if your particular malady doesn’t fit the government regulation you don’t get the medication.
The Senate Minority Leader continued:
And it may cost you your life. I mean, we don’t want to go down that path.
“We have challenging problems already with the government health care that we have now,” McConnell said, adding that “what we don’t want to do is exacerbate that problem by having the government take over all of American health care.”
Here’s the audio:
