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bigbadR

(49 posts)
83. Another murderous cut to senior health care
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:29 PM
Apr 2013

I am a Type I diabetic on medicare. Type I diabetics bodies make NO Insulin so we are dependent on insulin injections in order to remain alive. We are subject to two forms of coma, one the diabetic coma when our blood sugar becomes too high and our blood becomes both ketotic and too acidic we can lapse into a deadly coma. The other is when our blood sugar becomes too low, a non diabetic's blood sugar does not fall below 70 or 80 mg/dl, but a Type I diabetics blood sugar can rapidly fall to below 20 mg/dl and an insulin shock coma occurs which can also lead to death. Thus, Type I diabetics are required to test their blood sugar when they first wake up in the morning, before each meal, before driving a car, before and after exercise and before going to sleep. This prescribed testing requires a minimum of 8 glucose monitoring test strips a day since the sequester medicare will pay for 1 to 3 test strips daily. The other day I went to the pharmacy to fill my prescription for 250 glucose monitoring strips per month and received 25 test trips. THESE FOOLS ARE TRYING TO MURDER ME, THEY ARE TERRORISTS.

k&r... spanone Apr 2013 #1
Thank you, madfloridian. woo me with science Apr 2013 #2
Caring voices? We need fearless uncompromising ACTION. L0oniX Apr 2013 #13
Thank you. woo me with science Apr 2013 #14
Bloodless, eh? Kinda reminds me of "The Sacrifice of Isaac" by Caravaggio jsr Apr 2013 #36
This is Austerity, the American version, after the disaster and destruction it has and is still sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #66
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Apr 2013 #73
All as "shocking" as the sun rising in the east or water being wet. TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #3
Politicians of both stripes are russspeakeasy Apr 2013 #4
Picture this. madfloridian Apr 2013 #6
Mindless, across-the-board and inflexible reductions in essential services............. wandy Apr 2013 #5
And they are beginning to talk... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #34
Well naturaly! Syria will need some attention................ wandy Apr 2013 #40
And John McCain wants to save the military from the sequester.......... lastlib Apr 2013 #7
It's not just the repukes. L0oniX Apr 2013 #11
+1. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #35
There is no honor among thieves. woo me with science Apr 2013 #17
Yet senior are the voters who give us a Republican majority in the House. nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #8
Dems don't see an opportunity in this? They are owned. L0oniX Apr 2013 #10
If voter behavior were rational, sure. geek tragedy Apr 2013 #16
A 5 yo could explain that Medicare is government run assistance. L0oniX Apr 2013 #23
No more blaming seniors for this. That is just wrong. madfloridian Apr 2013 #12
Not this senior. I am 74 years old. RebelOne Apr 2013 #15
So make the seniors who voted Dem suffer too? MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #18
Yeah, they deserve everything they get. woo me with science Apr 2013 #21
If seniors start paying very close attention it would be refreshing BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #29
"Fucking retarded liberals," impoverished seniors with "heads up their asses." woo me with science Apr 2013 #37
They voted for McCain by the same margin, too BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #43
Perhaps they saw through both corporate parties, woo me with science Apr 2013 #45
More likely just another group of white people who have routinely voted against their interests BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #46
Seniors need to think about their 2014 votes very carefully. nt msanthrope Apr 2013 #28
Seniors need ADVOCATES and I formation they can trust. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2013 #39
Think ? I think before every vote. russspeakeasy Apr 2013 #49
Huh? Maybe you should explain to them why. rhett o rick Apr 2013 #61
Seniors? Which group of seniors? truedelphi Apr 2013 #41
Thank you. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #47
So what's your point? Let them starve? How cruel, how insensitive, how predictable. nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #53
Indeed it is both cruel and insensitive. madfloridian Apr 2013 #55
Sequestration has achieved its purpose ...cut funds to seniors. L0oniX Apr 2013 #9
That $85 billion increases every year until it exceeds $1 trillion over 10 years. dkf Apr 2013 #22
K&R. MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #19
We needed the funds from the Bush tax cuts. Once the middle class decided they didn't want to pay.. dkf Apr 2013 #20
Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2013 #24
obama should have learned by now that you can't make a deal with the Devil. kelliekat44 Apr 2013 #25
"Obama is suffering now along with the people he hoped to help." woo me with science Apr 2013 #26
And boy oh boy, do I feel his pain! n/t truedelphi Apr 2013 #42
OK I have to say Skittles Apr 2013 #30
Pres Obama is in the 1%. To hope those in the 1% will help the 99% is very wishful thinking. nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #54
The direct results of 11th dimensional chess. 99Forever Apr 2013 #27
Boy we're a mean ugly country now! ananda Apr 2013 #31
The only seniors either party cares about are rich ones. forestpath Apr 2013 #32
k & r snagglepuss Apr 2013 #33
like banging our heads against brick walls BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2013 #38
I would agree donnasgirl Apr 2013 #44
Yes, it is. madfloridian Apr 2013 #52
The process will only be "bloodless" for the rich I fear. madfloridian Apr 2013 #48
Great post mad... russspeakeasy Apr 2013 #50
If only The Elderly had the money to be regular patrons of the Airlines... bvar22 Apr 2013 #51
K&R emsimon33 Apr 2013 #56
If you were talking about "the poor" I would sympathize treestar Apr 2013 #57
Life is too short, treestar. madfloridian Apr 2013 #62
And it's not just Democrats... kentuck Apr 2013 #58
Meals on Wheels Texasgal Apr 2013 #59
It's a special program. madfloridian Apr 2013 #69
Money for war but no money for our seniors Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2013 #60
You are so right. madfloridian Apr 2013 #63
kr HiPointDem Apr 2013 #64
Great work, madfloridian Samantha Apr 2013 #65
Thank you. madfloridian Apr 2013 #68
Well, the FAA has been bailed out. I guess our Congress members fly a lot. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #67
So glad to see the tweets. madfloridian Apr 2013 #70
More cuts happening. madfloridian Apr 2013 #71
The Republicans continue to get away with murdering Americans. aquart Apr 2013 #72
Because there is no one to stop them. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #74
Exactly. madfloridian Apr 2013 #77
Hey, but the planes run on time. Screw the poor/old. Faygo Kid Apr 2013 #75
k&r Little Star Apr 2013 #76
Then why do seniors vote Republican? GitRDun Apr 2013 #78
This is a Democratic administration that is letting this happen. madfloridian Apr 2013 #81
Well they've put up with.. sendero Apr 2013 #79
We are well sedated (by Hollywood and prescription drugs). Laelth Apr 2013 #84
truth wet.hen88 Apr 2013 #80
Yes, blame the seniors. madfloridian Apr 2013 #82
Another murderous cut to senior health care bigbadR Apr 2013 #83
. LWolf Apr 2013 #85
Exactly right. madfloridian Apr 2013 #86
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