Texas: Fehb

In a video seen across the country, Congressman Peter Olson (R-TX) failed to exploit the serious illness of a young child in opposing a public health care option. Once confronted with the facts of this very serious issue, his exploitation actually supported the public health care option and proved private sector health care is not working.

Olson's screw up
In the video above, Olson tells the story of "Brittany" whose unborn child had a serious heart defect requiring an extremely expensive, risky, operation. The hospitals in San Antonio, where she lived at the time, denied her coverage. Later she was able to find an out of state doctor to perform the surgery.