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tones fucyes

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6. Rural and retired here.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:08 AM

Apr 2013

In am area with no real public transport. The only transportation I have is a scooter which negates most Doctor appointments due to weather.

I am told I suffer from congenital heart failure but cannot keep the ridiculously expensive appointments to get refills on meds so I have been going without for a year now.

If we spent half as much on public health care as we do on wars things would be much better for many people in this country who have paid taxes their entire lives.

Sorry. Went off on a bit of a tangent there.

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