Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH)

In 2009, bold progressive Alan Grayson famously made headlines when he mocked Republicans by saying their health care plan consists of “Don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.”

New Hampshire Republican congressman Frank Guinta — who is locked in a heated re-election battle with bold progressive Carol Shea-Porter — is apparently determined on making that plan a reality.

At a recent debate recorded by ThinkProgress’s Scott Keyes, Guinta told a moderator that it “shouldn’t be the case,” that 25 year-olds without insurance can get health care at the emergency room:

MODERATOR: Iai??i??m 25 years old. Thereai??i??s no mandate for me to purchase insurance. The emergency room at Memorial Hospital by law must treat me when I walk in the door, whether I have any money, whether I have any intent to pay or not, I have to be treated. Isnai??i??t it a good Republican principle to say everybody ought to pay for their own medical insurance if weai??i??re going to require hospitals to treat them? […]

GUINTA: If you guy purchase a good or service, youai??i??re supposed to pay for it. Yes, if you are 25 years old and you are choosing not to purchase insurance with the expectation of trying to get it free from the ER at Memorial, that shouldnai??i??t be the case. But for those people who are in a situation who truly canai??i??t afford health insurance, those are the people that we really want to focus on and figure out how to provide them care.

Watch it: