Katy Abram - Pay Med Insurance Out Of Pocket

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At Sen. Arlen Spector’s (R-PA) raucous town hall yesterday, one of the “most prolonged rounds of applause” was drawn by Katy Abram, a stay-at-home mother from Lebanon, who told Specter, “We don’t want this country to turn into Russia.” On MSNBC’s Hardball today, guest-host Lawrence O’Donnell aggressively questioned Abram about her views on government, asking if she would like to see Medicare and Social Security repealed.

After struggling to give a complete answer, Abram conceded, “yeah, there are programs in place, you know, the founders did not want to have here.” However, Abram praised her current health insurance (savings plan) that has a $5,000 deductable, yet requires her to pay for all medical cost, doctor visits "out of pocket" -