Why Romney Was Booed At The NAACP Convention

Over and over, the media has replayed the point in his speech where Romney said he would repeal ObamaCare, and then, many in the crowd booed.   But, the reason they booed was because 1/2 of all blacks would probably get free health care under the plan.  That's because the expansion of Medicaid would take the current 25% of all blacks being served by this program to a level of near 50%.  However, those who booed don't seem to understand that free comes with a penalty.  Free means that the remaining 50% of those who aren't on Medicaid, are going to have to ante up to provide the other half with free care.  Free also means that those receiving Medicaid are going to wind up being herded into low-quality, high volume health care outlets like walk-in clinics because an ever increasing amount of doctors will stop treating Medicaid patients. And, when using those clinics, they might wait hours for their immediate care and weeks to see a specialist; assuming any specialists will even take Medicaid patients in the future.

The membership of the NAACP might better serve the black community by thinking through all the negatives that come with socialized medicine.