An uninsured mother with a son who relies on Medicaid for health care coverage asked Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann the following question at a town hall meeting in Winterset, Iowa:
“I want to hear more from you than your statement that on the day that you are elected you are going to end Obamacare, I want to know what you’re going to do in order to make health care more affordable.”
Representative Bachmann responded that she would break up “insurance monopolies” in states, change malpractice laws and rely on charity. She also blamed the federal government for increasing health care costs as her doctor visits only cost $5 before Medicare and Medicaid were created. Here’s the exchange:
