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Louisiana Representative Bill Cassidy infers that the uninsured are stupid

Republican Louisiana Representative Bill Cassidy, who is running to be the party's Senate candidate for the coming elections, recently said the following in a speech given to the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association with regard to health insurance: "[My plan] I think actually reflects the reality of who the uninsured are, relatively less sophisticated, less comfortable with forms, less educated. Those are the folks that - not all - there's a guy who goes to my church who's uninsured, who's middle-class but couldn't get it because he has Type 1 diabetes. So it's not all, but it is the folks who I think are going to have the hardest time reaching [...]" Excuse me?!? I don't think so... What makes this quote even sadder is the fact that Mr. Cassidy is a physician. As sad as it is to say, there are many other people like the guy he knows at church whom don't have health insurance. I happen to be one of them. I happen to possess three college degre...