To my knowledge, Markos has yet to apologize to the Clinton campaign

Nor Josh Marshall, nor Huffington Post.  The lefty blogosphere began as a lively alternative to the clueless national mainstream media, but, sadly, much of it has been turned into mere propaganda.

Washington Post:

Clinton Told True Tale of Woe, Says Kin

By Anne E. Kornblut

The aunt of a young pregnant woman who died after a hospital told her she needed to pay $100 up front for care said in an interview on Monday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been telling the story accurately on the campaign trail -- following claims by a different Ohio hospital that it did not turn the patient away.

h/t: www.talkleft.com 

Comments

[Chris]

Yet two things about this story still bother me.

1) The way Senator Clinton first told the story made it sound like the patient had walked into the hospital and was denied care because she didn't have cash on hand. That is clearly not the case.

2) I'm not sure if denying care to debtors is a standard policy in the industry or not, but it seems pretty heavy-handed. Why doesn't Senator Clinton or the family call out the hospital by name on this harsh policy? Their reluctance to name the hospital makes me wonder if there isn't more to the story.

Especially in emergency rooms, all hospitals have signs that declare that patients cannot be turned away for lacking health insurance. This situation seems much more an aberration than the norm, and worthy of specific reference, not general application to the whole heath care system.

[John Petty]

I certainly hope it's not the norm. Unfortunately, emergency room visits are about the only way people without insurance can get care. There has to be a better way.