re: Medical Admin
I thought everyone should know that my husband passed away a little more than a month ago. He had devoted the last part of his life to his family, but I know that he really appreciated Democratic Underground and often mentioned to me some particularly good argument he had, or some new information that he learned while posting here.
I would like to thank everyone on here for giving him such passion and fun. I appreciate it and I know he did. I only wish he hadn't been taken (and yes, I do mean taken) from us so early. He was truly a renaissance man. In his life he had worked as a social worker, teacher, oil worker, conductor, print and publishing sales, and an officer. His last career was as a medical administrator, a job that he was gravely passionate about.
I miss him more than words can explain. I feel it like a knife twisting in my heart. I wake up in the night and he isn't there. I look for him to come through the door and he doesn't. My phone rings and it isn't him. But my world is a little less empty every day. Maybe someday the scars on my heart will heal over. In the meantime God help the insurance exec that ends up in front of me when I'm driving anywhere.
I wish everyone here good luck. As for myself and the rest of our family, a cousin of his has sponsored us to move to another country where this insurance BS won't be able to happen again to us. And so we are leaving. I would stay and fight with you but I am so tired that I can't see past survival mode right now.
Thanks again for being my husbands online friends.
Lee Ann.
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Thanks for letting us know.
I am very sorry for your loss. Your husband will be missed
Indeed, he was taken from you and from us, and all those who love him...
I wish you happier days in your new home!
I hope you have a good move & will eventually find peace from your loss.
I remember him well. Always looked forward to his posts.
He will be missed.
My hope for you is that you can someday find some peace.
MedicalAdmin was so passionate and intelligent in his postings, and our progressive community lost a very good voice with his passing.
And I do not blame you a bit for wanting to get the heck out of here. I would as well if things were just a little bit different. It's so very complicated to be able to do so despite what the "love it or leave it" crowd thinks.
Take care, and may you and your family find a peaceful and supportive community wherever you are headed next.
I'm sure your husband would have wanted you to be happy, and it sounds like you've got a greater chance of that where you're going.
His last post was the first one I had bookmarked since our site had changed to the new format, but, unfortunately, due to some glitch I was not able to find it.
I was so impressed with his writing & admired him as a DUer. His story really affected me; I was heartbroken to read about his experience with the insurance-for-profit companies.
Take care, Lee Ann, & I wish you the very best in gathering strength & happiness you'll need to build a new life. I hope your new location will help you find happiness & fulfillment.
I'm glad that he had you with him to love and care for him.
MedicalAdmin sounds like he truly was a renaissance man. May he rest in peace.
My heart goes out to you.
horseshoecrab
I learnt a lot from his posts. He seemed like a wonderful person, and from what you've written .... he really was. I'm so sorry. Take good care of yourself.
Your husband's post about his medical and insurance disasters was heart-breaking. I hope you can build something new, even if there'll always be someone missing.
May my Mother Earth hold you to her breast, and my Father Sky watch over you always.
I always enjoyed your husband's posts.
Many of us here knew about his health issues and insane struggle with his insurance provider. As they like to say, "Only in America".
Good luck to you and your family, and know there are many here who will continue the fight for single payer with your husband in mind.
I can't blame you for leaving after this has happened. I wish you light and peace as you move beyond this most difficult time. Very best wishes, Lee Ann.
I was both touched and impressed by the way he chose to count his blessings rather than focusing only on the injustices that were done to him. He would have made good use of a longer life, but he got the most out of the time he had, which can't be said of everyone.
Gratitude is a wonderful gift we give ourselves, and he will be a role model for me when I feel aggrieved or ill-treated. And how generous of spirit he was to think about others who are, were, and will be in a similar situation with insurance companies.
I'm so sorry for your loss, and ours. He was a great person.
I understand wanting to get out of this country.
RIP, MedicalAdmin
I am so sorry. 
He has been and will continue to be missed.
Thank you for the update... and I'm glad you are able to get to a more humane place.
via con dios
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Which is a Mayan saying, meaning: ''I am another yourself {or, We are all ONE}.''
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K&R
We'll miss him.
MedicalAdmin was another victim of our for-profit healthcare industry ... Question for you rightwingers lurking: You are usually "Christians" -- So why don't you care about the tens of thousands of yearly deaths of innocent Americans, people who can't get treatment or timely treatment due to the power and greed of the health insurance industry? Who would Jesus deny coverage to, hmm?
What happened to him is unconscionable. May you heal and may he rest in peace.
so sorry Lee Ann
wishing you the best of luck and future happiness and hey - check back in with us and let us know how you are
My heart goes out to you Lee Ann. Thank you so much for coming here to post this. It couldn't have been easy, I hope it was at least a little cathartic though.
Hugs and encouragement to you, thank you for sharing your wonderful husband with us. I wish you much happiness with your new beginning.
Julie
My condolences and thank you for letting us know. Not an easy thing at all.
Dear Lee Ann,
We find friends where we can in this fractured society we've created. Maybe you will hang around & read & become a part of us, too?
Whatever path you take, the best to you & your family.
CrispyQ
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this in the midst of all you are enduring.
Your husband was a brave soul to share with us the criminal - yes criminal and evil and heartless - ways he was treated by the insurance ghouls.
My heart breaks for your family, yet I am glad you have hope for a new beginning. I am crying with you right now - and will for days as I remember his posts.
Please feel free to join in here any time you need to - we are here for you.
May he rest in peace, and may you and your family find new strength to carry on.
And a very moving tribute you did for him.
I had several discussions with MedicalAdmin and found him to be intelligent and determined. R.I.P. MedicalAdmin
You are not alone.
He has changed, but your love is still real.
Be good to yourself.
Here's a heart-felt hug from me.
It's a real loss to DU, but how much worse it would be if we never knew. Thank you for that and it must have been hard, expressing such personal feelings to a bunch of strangers that you've only heard about, but you did so quite eloquently. As you can see, your husband had many friends and fans here. I always enjoyed his posts. He will be terribly missed, so your message is much appreciated. And, as your husband knew, we're a pretty nice bunch. If you ever need us, feel like talking, we're here. Take care of yourself and know that DU will be thinking of our friend Medical Admin, and of you...
Rhiannon
so terribly, terribly sorry. all the best to you Lee Ann. your husband shared here on DU that his family was his only concern as he confronted the reality of his condition. i actually did not want to believe that he had to be dying, but he was right all along.
take care of you and yours. i hope you keep in touch with us.
going for the past while. I am so very sorry for your loss. Your husband's passion for true health care reform was extraordinary. I truly hope he didn't suffer much at the end and that you have some good people surrounding you right now as you grieve.
He will be missed greatly.
Peace, strength and healing to you and your family.
I read his posts and wanted to explode, it made me so angry.
This must change....meanwhile, I am glad you have the opportunity to leave.
If he loved you, so do we.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful husband with us.
BHN
His gracious replies to everyone, including me, were very moving. I think that OP should be read over and over again as he was a true advocate for those who were victims of our predatory HC system.
I cannot imagine your pain right now but hope that just knowing the difference he made in the lives of so many people who came to know him, helps just a little.
Take care of yourself
You are breaking no rules. Aloha 
