So today Hillary has supposedly been shown to have "lied" about a story regarding a hospital and a mother in Ohio. Hillary was told this story by a deputy sherriff who knew members of the woman's family. She was told how the woman, pregnant and in need of healthcare was denied the help she needed because she had not insurance and couldn't pay $100 fee necessary to be seen without insurance.
Hillary never mentioned the woman's name or the hospital's name in her telling of the story.
Today, the hospital, apparently in an effort to defend its honorable name (which is curious since Hillary never named them) has declared that the woman was never denied care. That she was given the red carpet treatment and Hillary is a big fat liar.
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When asked to show some of those records which apparently show Hillary to be evil and the hospital and healthcare system to be grand providers of life saving health care, the hospital demurred, citing privacy concerns.
And what of the privacy concerns when they decided to name the dead woman and claim that she and her dead baby were given all the proper treatment by them? Apparently the privacy concerns extend only so far as is necessary for the hospital to inexplicably reveal the woman's name and claim they've done nothing wrong, but no further.
So now we've got a story relayed to Hillary which she tells, as a story relayed to her and NOT as something she knows firsthand. Then we've got a hospital saying its not true.
Then we've got the New York Times, the grey lady whose reporting (remember Judith Miller?) pushed us into Iraq.
Suddenly we are supposed to think this proves Hillary lied or didn't properly check this??
First, I'm more likely to trust Hillary than a hospital only releasing the records and information convenient for it to cover its ass. I'm also more likely to trust Hillary than the NY Times, they of "WMD" and plaigarised stories, and holding the NSA spying scandal until after the 2004 election. Hell, I'm more likely to trust the deputy sherriff in Ohio than either of those two entities.
Second, Hillary told this as a story told to her, therefore, it was and remains true. (as true as the fact that 10,000 people died in an Arkansas tornado).
Third, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that it is not true. Except for a hospital nobody knew was responsible for the woman's care when she died, claiming they've done nothing wrong.
Fourth, claiming Hillary should've somehow proved this was true first is stupid. The hospital, even NOW, won't release any records that could show whether they actually provided the care they claim.
And Fifth, for those of you claiming that the story could never be true because "you're a nurse" or because "municipal hospitals can't deny care" you are flat out wrong. My family lives in Elko, NV a small town in the NE part of the state. We have one hospital, it was sold to the company that runs it by the county under a conditional agreement that the hospital was required to give care under the same rules as the county hospital did. My mom, she has a lot of medical problems, and she has no insurance. As a result she goes to the emergency room at least 3 times a year, often for pneumonia, or very serious blood thining problems.
Guess what.... that hospital will not see her unless she pays... you guessed it... $100 up front. Amazing that they require such a payment, the exact payment Hilary's story claims the Ohio hospital required. Its the same payment the hospital required before they were sold by the county as well.
Obama fans (DailyKos) simply LOVE to say that Hillary's a liar. Fact is she's not, she's probably telling the truth, the hospital is probably lying, but in their glee at all things anti-hillary they've taken on the role the media played against Al Gore, finding any way they can to show she's exaggerating or telling a lie.
Sad.... especially because as a so called "reality based community" they should be able to see that a NY Times story where the accused Hospital says "that's not true" is hardly evidence that one of our Democratic candidates is lying.
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