Oklahoma Senator Voices Opinion Of Affordable Care Act

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe is voicing his opinion of the Affordable Care Act after facing health concerns of his own.

Monday, October 21st 2013, 5:27 pm

By: News 9


Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe is voicing his opinion of the Affordable Care Act after facing health concerns of his own.

Senator Inhofe recently had emergency heart surgery after a routine colonoscopy revealed significant blockage in his arteries.

10/8/2013 Related Story: Sen. Inhofe Recovering In Tulsa From Quadruple Bypass Surgery

In a radio interview, Senator Inhofe made a dire prediction if the U.S. had "socialized health care."

"I said a person can find out here in the United States that he has this emergency situation where he's got to have immediate heart surgery, and if you are in a country other than the United States, a lot of them you can't get it done. In my case, with my age, that would've been about a six-month wait because I hadn't had a heart attack," Senator Inhofe said.

Senator Inhofe urged listeners to hold on to the medical system we have, saying he would be dead if we were in a socialized system.

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