Posted by
The Patriot on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:44:41 PM
OK, maybe it’s just me. But it seems like there is one really obvious question still unanswered in this whole “TB Andy” case. Why is it that Andrew Speaker, now commonly referred to as “TB Andy” was so urgently attempting to return to the United States for treatment of his tuberculosis?
I was under the distinct impression (thank you, Michael Moore…thank you, Hillary) that the state of health care in the United States was nothing short of dismal. I mean come on…TB Andy’s route back into the U.S. even took him through Canada, the health care utopia of liberals. Why not just stop there?
Am I the only one who has thought of this question? Liberals would have us believe that almost anywhere would be a better place to go for health care than their own country. Yet when faced with such a serious illness as tuberculosis, all Andrew Speaker wanted to do was get back to the United States for treatment.
During his interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, Speaker said he feared he would die in Europe. “Before I left, it was made clear to me in order to fight this I had one shot and that was here (Denver)." All of Europe has publicly sponsored health care, as does Canada. Why would Speaker bypass all of these health care systems, which are often pointed to by liberals as examples which we in the U.S. should strive to emulate? His life on the line, Andrew Speaker took a pass on any opportunity to be treated in one of these so-called superior health care systems and made returning to the United States for his medical care his singular goal.
How can this be? Does anyone have Michael Moore’s phone number? I’m going to need his help on this one…