Quote Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg View Post
Lemur, are you suggesting that insurance would have saved his life?
Last I checked, pneumonia was treatable, if you get to it quickly enough.

Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
why are we disparaging the dead guy?
Noting that the essential supporter of a libertarian candidate died of preventable causes, uninsured, leaving his mom with $400k in medical bills, is somehow off-limits? Please.

The real-world results of libertarianism are relevant, especially when the only alternatives posited to Obamacare are (a) the status quo ante, or (b) an untested libertarian experiment in national-scale free-market healthcare provision.

ICSD, you clearly didn't read even the bit of the article I snipped. GC ... really? You're falling for this?