The New York Times on Saturday exposed another lie that Hillary Clinton has been telling on the campaign trail about a pregnant woman in Ohio that supposedly died because she was refused care at a hospital due to being uninsured (embedded video of her related speech right, h/t Hot Air).
The hospital in question is now refuting these claims, and asking the junior senator from New York to "immediately desist from repeating this story."
Given the firestorm Hillary came under two weeks ago for her Bosnia sniper fire fib, one has to wonder just how much attention media will pay to this recent yarn deliciously uncovered by the Times (emphasis added):
Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee.
The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured.
"We implore the Clinton campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story," said Rick Castrop, chief executive officer of the O'Bleness Health System.
Linda M. Weiss, a spokeswoman for the not-for-profit hospital, said the Clinton campaign had never contacted the hospital to check the accuracy of the story, which Mrs. Clinton had first heard from a Meigs County, Ohio, sheriff's deputy in late February. [...]
Since Ms. Bachtel’s baby died at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, the story implicitly and inaccurately accuses that hospital of turning her away, said Ms. Weiss, the spokeswoman for O’Bleness Memorial said. Instead, the O’Bleness health care system treated her, both at the hospital and at the affiliated River Rose Obstetrics and Gynecology practice, Ms. Weiss said.
The hospital would not provide details about the woman’s case, citing privacy concerns; she died two weeks after the stillbirth at a medical center in Columbus.
“We reviewed the medical and patient account records of this patient,” said Mr. Castrop, the health system’s chief executive. Any implication that the system was “involved in denying care is definitely not true.”
Now here's the really delicious punchline...the hospital first heard about Clinton's fabrications by reading them in a Washington Post article published Thursday (emphasis added):
It almost always comes when the audience least expects it: the moment Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton brings a roaring crowd to a hush with a heart-rending anecdote.
"I remember listening to a story about a young woman in a small town along the Ohio River, in Meigs County, who worked in a pizza parlor," the Democratic presidential candidate said during a stop in Cleveland, beginning a particularly grim tale.
"She got pregnant, she started having problems. There's no hospital left in Meigs County, so she had to go to a neighboring county. She showed up, and the hospital said, 'You know, you've got to give us $100 before we can see you.' She didn't have $100," Clinton said.
"So the young woman went back home," she continued. "The next time she went back, she was in an ambulance. It turned out she lost the baby. She was airlifted to Columbus."
She paused before concluding: "And after heroic efforts at the medical center, she died." The audience, as always, gasped.
The story has become a staple of Clinton's stump speech, a prime example of how, in a campaign year in which lofty phrases have taken center stage, she has rejected sweeping oratory -- "just words," as her campaign likes to accuse Democratic rival Barack Obama of offering -- in favor of a dramatic speaking style all her own.
In hushed tones, sometimes with palpable sadness in her voice, Clinton tells dark, difficult anecdotes picked up on the campaign trail. They often relate to health matters, culled from her conversations with voters, and are designed to illustrate a policy point.
And, it appears, are often untrue.
Let the lambasting begin.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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If they think this will
April 5, 2008 - 14:45 ET by NewsbusterbrownIf they think this will help Obama, then they will pounce. If not, they won't touch it with a ten-foot pole if they don't have to.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
If they think this will
April 5, 2008 - 19:14 ET by WhatsHappeningI agree. The Liberal Media will start to realize that they are only hurting themselves by favoring Obama over Hillary, because this will only help McCain down the road. The Media began to favor Obama over Hillary before they found out that Obama and his wife are actually terrible individuals.
Why can't the Democrats get anyone decent to run for President? Racist, Anti-American and Liars Obama and his wife; Habitual Liar Hillary; Extreme Liar, Rapist and Weak on Defending America Bill Clinton; Anti-American and Extreme Liberal Kerry and Gore (Knowingly lies with a straight face); Weak Leadership Skills Carter (might be the worst President ever) and Dukakis ...
You're missing the point
April 5, 2008 - 19:36 ET by motherbeltYou're missing the point (it's all about her "intentions").... which is that there ARE actually uninsured people out there. Just not this one.
In other words, it's another "fake but accurate" story.
I'm starting to think Sgt.
April 5, 2008 - 14:49 ET by BlazerI'm starting to think Sgt. Clinton may be shellshocked from her black-ops mission in Tuzla.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
i just can't help it
April 5, 2008 - 14:51 ET by lunaticcringeradioin a statement released today by the clinton campaign, hillary mistook the situation. apparently the woman died from sniper fire and the gunman was uninsured.
lunaticcringeradio
Correction
April 5, 2008 - 22:53 ET by GrannyGrump42She MISSPOKE the situation.
So Hill just recently found
April 5, 2008 - 14:58 ET by bigtimerSo Hill just recently found her own voice in New Hampshire eh? Seems to me it is the same old voice of hers...
Filled with intentional lies....anything for a vote...no matter whose expense it is at.
Will the msm call her out on this...will Obama will McCain...possibly the talking head Matthews may....
I'm not holding my breath waiting...most likely not gonna' happen.
If I was that hospital or institution or any affiliation, I would sue her arse...this is despicable let alone outrageous.
Trial lawyers always at the ready for her and her ilk...where are they now....lol.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
I think it's time we start
April 5, 2008 - 15:21 ET by ConservativeRexI think it's time we start calling Hillary Gump..'ol Treetop. Because she'd just as soon tell a lie on top of a tree then tell the truth on the ground.
I couldn't resist, that's an old East Texas saying.
Time for redemption.
April 5, 2008 - 15:30 ET by Gary HallTime for redemption. If there's any reporter out there that needs a test, Matt Lauer comes to mind. He has had so many missed opportunities over the years to actually ask a pertinent question of Bill or Hill, and never did; perhaps now is the time for his redemption.
It might go like this:
Hey Gary... We will never
April 5, 2008 - 15:38 ET by bigtimerHey Gary...
We will never get that lucky...
I sure wished just one talking head would do what you just suggested...with a little gusto to-boot...they might gain some respect and their ratings go above lawyers, used car salesmen and politicians...lol.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
What in the hell is wrong
April 5, 2008 - 16:05 ET by USA4freedomWhat in the hell is wrong with these people?
Do they think that they are covered by the MSM anymore?
Every time they tell one of “those tales” someone is going to check it!!
They are mental cases!!
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
Every time they tell one of
April 5, 2008 - 18:28 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsEvery time they tell one of “those tales” someone is going to check it!!
Doesn't look like the Post did much checking before they repeated the lie.
D
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bt
April 5, 2008 - 16:27 ET by Gary Hallbt. yea, but imagine the outrage from the left if a reporter actually.. hell, imagine Bill Clinton going on a rampage if someone did.
One has to hope that one of the Fox reporters out on the campaign stump (Carl, are you listening?) might pick up this line of thinking. They've got to start thinking like Jack on "24;" it's necessary, no matter the fallout to your job.
Gotta go with BT
April 5, 2008 - 16:07 ET by FastEdHow's about looking into when she was a staffer durring Nixon's mess. Seems she knows how to lie, and be unethical too.
And, know how to make money and then complain about people who make too much, but they want to take care of the working folks. Does this mean, with their $109 mil, they aint, "working folk"?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
FastEd - ya got to be faster...
April 5, 2008 - 16:22 ET by Gary HallFastEd - ya got to be faster...
Will Media Give Story About Hillary's Unethical Past the Legs It Deserves?
(:~> .. and even that wasn't fast enough for bt. hee hee. gh
A clarification please...
April 5, 2008 - 16:56 ET by goldenthroatGH,
Is the 'it' in this case refering to the story or Hillary? And when you talk about legs, does Hillary have any? You always see her in pantsuits!
You never know...
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
The pantsuits serve a
April 5, 2008 - 22:34 ET by motherbeltThe pantsuits serve a purpose. Do the words "piano legs" mean anything to you?
I think the MSM will cover this; it will serve as yet another distraction from Obama and his pastor (didn't another tidbit just surface a couple of days ago?) Anything they can do to keep that from rising up again....
I've been surprised
April 6, 2008 - 00:52 ET by mom_roxthat this OLD story has not received more attention. I first read it in Feb 2008: http://www.aim.org/aim-column/hillarys-crocodile-tears-in-connecticut
2 pull quotes from Jerry Zeifman regarding Hillary Rodham (Clinton):
a previous version:
posted 6/21/2000: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3950b8757712.htm
posted 6/9/2003: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw, 1944
Despicable
April 5, 2008 - 16:19 ET by stratmanSomewhere in Hell, Saul Alinsky smirks approvingly.
RRAM Tough!
strat... Have you ever
April 5, 2008 - 16:24 ET by bigtimerstrat...
Have you ever got that right!
Excellent point indeed....
Glad some of this is coming back to bite them all....(her lies)
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Just when I start to feel
April 5, 2008 - 16:38 ET by stratmanJust when I start to feel the slightest pang of sympathy for Hillary, like how the MSM and DNC have the unmitigated gall to tell the American people who should be the candidate/president, she does something so incredibly stupid and/or despicable that my disgust for her is renewed.
Her political life will be a primer for how NOT to become president for generations to come.
BTW, great Churchill quote!
RRAM Tough!
Let's just start calling them...
April 5, 2008 - 16:43 ET by goldenthroatFirst it was the Bosnia lie, now this...
What other fabrications will this pathological liar come up with to try to be elected president?
From this day forward, let's start calling them "HILLARYISMS".
I rest my case.
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
gt...LOL! ....."HILLARYISM
April 5, 2008 - 16:51 ET by bigtimergt...LOL!
....."HILLARYISMS".
I like that....just one thing for me though...it seems just tad too polite for her constant lies...
hmmmm....maybe we can come up with something a little more fit to form for the likes of her...until then this wll do just fine indeed, I love your originality.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
BT and GT
April 5, 2008 - 16:59 ET by Noel SheppardBT and GT,
Well, we could take a page from Randi Rhodes and call them whoregasms! :-) ns
ROFL Noel... Now that is
April 5, 2008 - 17:03 ET by bigtimerROFL Noel...
Now that is more like it when it comes the biggest political whore of all... it fits her snugly....
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
delete
April 5, 2008 - 19:31 ET by motherbeltdelete
If Bubba's wife is ready to
April 5, 2008 - 16:47 ET by fitzfongIf Bubba's wife is ready to take a 3 a.m. call, it's only because she and her campaign thugs are wide awake concocting fables like this one. The fact that this pathological liar would be in position to run for school board, forget President of the United States, is a stinging indictment on this country. She has established a new low. The hospital ought to sue the Pantsuit off her.
So we need Govt. health care for covered People ?
April 5, 2008 - 17:03 ET by JayTeeHillay is using an example of a Woman who was already covered, and treated (unsuccessfully), and this is an example of why we need Govt. in charge of Health care ?
I guess everyone would have lived happily ever after if the Govt. was in charge.
I don't think the Mainstream Media will report on this . . . It's too close to home, first we suspect Hillary is lying (again) and the next thing that will happen is that the MSM themselves may become suspects on lying, lack of in depth reporting, Guilt by association.....this story will neve see daylight.
Where it hurts...
April 5, 2008 - 17:38 ET by dmntd1Maybe the hospital, non-for-profit as I read, should sue the Clinton campaign for slander/libel in regards to this story. As most of the local non-for-profit hospitals in my area sponsor* some sort of free clinic, O'Bleness might then sponsor one in their area.
Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his imminent relationship with a superior law and with an objective will that transcends the particular individual - Mussolini
A liar is a liar is a liar...
April 5, 2008 - 18:35 ET by DelsaWhat else can you say?
She is what they are. Liars.
"I remember listening to
April 5, 2008 - 20:07 ET by Jack BauerOh sure, that has the ring of inauthenticity.
She remembers "listening to a story." Just try to take in the complete emptiness of that phrase.
I remember listening to a story about the horrors of people dying waiting for service at Britain's socialaized National Health Service.
Every day we get new
April 5, 2008 - 20:24 ET by HumanEventsEvery day we get new examples of what congenital and patholigical LIARS the Clintons are. Wow!
I saw ABC Nightly News did report on this tonight. Probably because the msm is trying to keep helping Obama. Even so, it's been nice to see the Clinton lies and scandals and fraud finally get reported by the msm, even if the motive (getting Obama elected) isn't the right one it should be (which is unbiased and objective reporting of the news).
Interesting too that the hospital called for the Dragon Lady to cease from mentioning this lie of hers, but they didn't demand she retract her lie. If this was a Republican I'm sure they would have insisted on that. But I suppose they figure that would be requesting an impossibility from the Clintons. A Clinton never admits to lying or wrongdoing.
Where are her concerns for these women?
April 5, 2008 - 23:05 ET by GrannyGrump42We can confirm a slew of deaths at National Abortion Federation member clinics, many due to clearly slovenly practice:
http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/blnafdeaths.htm
Gloria Aponte - After Gloria's death, an investigation by health officials found that Hanan Rotem had failed to perform necessary blood tests, and had permitted a receptionist with no medical training to administer anesthesia.
Deanna Bell -- Thirteen-year-old Deanna was overdosed on Brevitol. She was one of a dozen patients I know of who have died from complications of abortions at Family Planning Associates Medical Group.
Christin Gilbert -- This developmentally-disabled teen was taken to George Tiller's infamous late-abortion facility in Wichita for a third-trimester abortion that he managed somehow to justify on "health" grounds, even though Christin had been healthy before the abortion killed her.
Sophie McCoy -- Seventeen-year-old Sophie died after an abortion by NAF member Abu Hayat, who is best known for having ripped the arm off a 32-week-fetus, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, who was born maimed.
Catherine Pierce -- Inspectors cited Atlanta Surgi-Center for administering "the same anesthesia dosages" to patients whose weights ranges from 107 to 167 pounds, inadequate record keeping, and inadequate supervision of patients.
Tamiia Russell -- Fifteen-year-old Tamiia's boyfriend was 24. In Michigan that constitutes statutory rape. The boyfriend's sister took Tamiia in for the abortion behind her parents' back, in violation of Michigan's parental involvement law.
Angela Scott and Delores Smith -- NAF member facility Atlanta Women's Pavillion managed to fatally injure these two teens in the same hour.
Or how about Planned Parenthood:
http://realchoice.0c...
Diana Lopez -- Diana Lopez, age 25, was 19 weeks pregnant when she went to a Planned Parenthood for an abortion on February 28, 2002. Before the day was over, Diana had bled to death. (Your Tax Dollars at Work)
And lest Hillary claim that the way to fix the problem is government-sponsored free abortions, I'd like to point out that public-pay patients have a higher complication rate than private-pay patients, and that the Hyde Amendment, which cut Federal funding for elective abortions, resulted in a reduction in hospitalizations for abortion complications -- but only in states that did not pick up the tab for elective abortions themselves.
And, for those states that did pick up the tab, your tax dollars at work can buy death for the mom, not just for the fetus:
Sharon Hamplton was shoved out the door to bleed to death on the way home from her free safe and legal abortion:
http://realchoice.0c...
Or they can buy you an abortion performed by a criminal pervert:
http://realchoice.0c...
Now, where is Hillary's outrage over how these women and girls died needlessly?
When I first heard that
April 6, 2008 - 02:28 ET by zfWhen I first heard that story, I thought to myself, "I bet that it turns out to at least *partially* untrue."
One of those times I am glad I was wrong.
How stupid is she?
April 7, 2008 - 13:22 ET by lostoneHow stupid is she?
How many times have we read articles about hospitals being in financial trouble in CA and TX because they MUST administer care to anyone who seeks care even if those people are illegal immigrants and can not pay. When I first heard about this Hillary Story, I just thought that there was no way this actually happened, especially when she threw in the $100 payment part of the story. Any hospital would be crazy to attempt something like this. She should have tried to find out if the story was true or not. And why should she care anyway, it’s just fetal tissue and a person. Oh yea, it pushes her health care agenda.
--Lostone