Crying Woman Confront's Sen. Tom Coburn at Town Hall

Heartless Republican Senator Tom Coburn is confronted by a crying woman who is in need of health care for her sick husband. Kieth Olbermann and his guest Chris Hayes of The Nation discuss it on Countdown.

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[chercarm]

One question for Coburn...will you drop your government-operated healthcare (which is widely regarded as one of the best in the world) benefits and depend on your neighbors?

[bridgettedunn]

what a horrible response to that crying lady. What an ass.  People like that have no business making decisions.

[martind586]

those old people belong on the streets begging for money for medicine!

ask your neighbor for help...r u kidding me!

[jlieberman226]

Insurance costs too much because seeing the doctor costs too much. And it starts when 65% of our medical system is run by the government. In case you missed the debt ceiling debate, neither side is working for the people anymore. Coburn is one of the few though that is trying to work on the problems without protecting anyone in particular. If you don't believe that read his Back in Black proposal. He at least put forth an idea which is better then any of the leaders.

[Shadowdyce11]

@jlieberman226 No, actually it wasn't. The CLA was mainly blocked by southerners. And percentage wise, more Democrats voted for it than Republicans.

[syzygy501]

@jlieberman226 Really, I think that was the republicans. Oops.

[bb1televator]

Neighbors? As in fellow citizens? Fellow citizens helping one another and giving handouts. Hmmmm....if only there were away to get a whole society of neighbors to pool up money so as to make sure we're all covered....hmmmm...hmmm... Maybe we could call it a public option...gee that would be great.

Seriously are republicans so dense that they don't even see how they just explained social care as a good thing to themselves?

[jo05dk]

Setting up a proper health care system, is SO easy, and SO much cheaper than the american system. The problem is; 1: That a lot of morons in the US don't know what they're missing, and 2: corrupt politicians having their own good healthcare, letting private insurance companies rob people.

people knowingly fighting to keep this horrible state of affairs, don't deserve to be alive imho. They're an active part of the many lives that's lost every year because of this horrible system.

[jlieberman226]

@Pacifus Nice. But wasn't it the Democrats who tried to block the Civil Liberties Act back in the 60's. Oops. Stop with the racist hate speech. Republicans are not evil any more than the Democrats. Both parties are self serving.

[jlieberman226]

@darkiz7 Thank you for making my point. You just absolved yourself from any responsibility to helping this woman by saying you pay taxes. So you are putting your faith in a dysfunctional government to help this woman. What I am saying and Senator Coburn is saying it is OUR job as neighbors to help this woman. The government is not a person with compassion it is bureaucracy with laws. And as for Republicans protecting business, the Dems protect corporate unions. What's the difference?