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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 05:17 PM Original message |
Another (lack of ) health care horror story |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. yup, sadly, it happens every day. check the story on 'getthisshirt' on my |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes too many stories like this |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. ... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Oh I know |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. You've probably already suggested this, but your friend needs to get the sister involved pronto |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. there;s a reason the family didn't give this guy a home over many years |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Good point. I hope proud's friend is very, very careful at this stage of things. nt |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. (tremendous uncharitable assumption here). . . . n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. and yet i'm right |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Sorry. I refuse to accept your meanspirited "hunch" as fact.. . n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. And what kind of aid are you suggesting he should have been trying to get? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. The reason is that they live 200 miles away and he lives here |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. The sister is here |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes it's life in america in more ways than one |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. He is not a con artist and he does have a military history |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is horrible |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Yes that is becoming more and more obvious |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. He spends a week or so looking for a job and then he just gives up for a few months and |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh so even those of us who have looked for jobs for YEARS are refusing to be helped???? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. How often have YOU been unemployed? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Insult boy strikes again |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Um no, the VA won't treat non combat related health care needs |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I thought you said he'd been out of work for quite some time |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The car accident only prevented him from walking a mail route |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I think you just don't want to hear what I'm saying. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Welcome to our world. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Thanks so much for understanding! |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I hope things work out for them. n/t |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
23. Good Karma for your friend and the roomate. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
25. Are you as disgusted as I at many of these relies? n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes but I am getting used to disgusting replies on these kinds of stories |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Sending light and good wishes his way. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I know I am |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is a guy who is a college graduate who had a good job with health insurance |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. There are at least hundreds of thousands and probably millions already. n/t |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Seniors have medical care |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Medicare doesn't cover everything, sorry to say. Most seniors |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And you have to be 65 |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Exactly. I hope the poor guy can get the help he needs at the VA hospital. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. $900? |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Only in the US is lack of medical insurance a capital crime... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Great post. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. PNHP... |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Perhaps your friend should investigate other supplemental programs. |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
33. Makes me fell sick, myself. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. MIchael Moore SICKO: "WHO ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE?" n/t |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Some of the assumptions being made here may not be accurate |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Well said! |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
48. Kick because the amount of victim-blaming on this thread is amazing... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
51. Hey proud2Blib, you pick the best of friends. She is so kind to have |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
52. be sick and age 45 to 65, fall through the cracks |
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