When You Hear GOP Call To 'Repeal and Replace' the ACA, Remember The Hermosillo Sisters

[kpete]

At the neighborhood park where the girls had just come from their walk, two groups of men had gotten into an argument on the basketball court. One group decided to leave the argument and headed toward their car. Once in their car, the other group went after them on foot and drew a gun. The men tried to drive away when shots were fired.

While trying to get away, the driver of that vehicle was shot in the head and his car skidded out of control and created a chain reaction of events. The vehicle hit 2 parked cars, one of them belonging to the Hermosillo’s cousin who had her 3 year old baby in the car seat . The car also hit an elderly gentleman who was out for an evening walk and then hit a fire hydrant before the car with the baby in it, slammed into a tree. The fire hydrant, as it went flying, hit Vanessa and Yoanna.

Yoanna suffered several broken limbs but it was pregnant Vanessa who was the most severely injured as the fire hydrant actually landed on her. She was revived by paramedics at the scene as her heart had stopped beating. Her pelvis was broken, ribs crushed, sternum cracked and broken limbs. And most unfortunate, the loss of her baby. The two girls were rushed to the hospital as was the elderly man and the young man who was shot in the head.

http://loveinfinitely.org/2012/05/19/urgent-help-animal-rescuers-in-need/



These girls have no health insurance. I don't know why. I suspect they might be students, or hourly workers, or whatever. They are also innocent bystanders, and if what I'm about to tell you doesn't make you sick, I'm not sure anything could.

The Hermosillos have had to deal with another blow however. Despite the severity of the girl’s injuries, because the girls don’t have health insurance, the hospital hasn’t been able to do very much after their initial treatment. They sent Yoanna home with broken limbs to recover just a day after the accident. They didn’t even wrap or split her broken bones. They also didn’t giver her any medication and only recommended that she get a hospital bed, wheelchair, crutches and a walker. Luckily they found a kindhearted soul who donated these items to the family.

The hospital also wanted to send Vanessa home almost immediately after the accident even though she was barely holding on. The family pleaded with the hospital and she was allowed to stay for nearly a week but they told the Hermosillos that they won’t be able to give her medication. They are desperately trying to get the girls approved for some kind of charity care/medicare. The family has been going to desperate measures to take care of their girls, now both at home. They had to move Yoanna out of the donated hospital bed and move Vanessa into it since her injuries are much more severe. Not to mention taking care of all of the foster pups. One of them keeps vigil at Vanessa’s bedside.

Vanessa and Yoanna are the neighborhood dog rescuers, and it was their compassion for animals that had them out on the sidewalk at exactly that moment in time. Now, as the result of a freak accident that took the life of Vanessa's unborn child, they are broken, hurt, and denied medical care.

More:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/when-you-hear-gop-call-repeal-and-replace-a
http://twitter.com/#!/LoveInfinitelyP/status/204058724854272001

[Faygo Kid]

1. Vital post. Thanks again, kpete.

I hope everyone at DU reads this.

[dsc]

2. this should be taken care of by one of two funds

either the auto insurance of the car that hit them or the crime victims fund of New York. I agree we need health care reform but this case should be taken care of by other things.

[mn9driver]

3. The comment thread over at C&L is raising questions concerning accuracy of this story.

Some of the regular commenters there are trying to verify the particulars of this and are not having a lot of success.

[solo25]

5. I was banned from C&R

I was one of the "naysayers" on C&R, and after being called a "f++king a++hole" by one of the regular contributors, I was banned from the site. I dared to question the "facts" or lack of them, on this story about the sisters.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R