One year ago today = = (Reply #75) - Democratic Underground Forums

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75. One year ago today = =

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:37 PM

Jun 2013

My son was 45, laid off from a job he had worked at for 12 years. To keep his insurance, it cost around $600 a month, which he could not afford along with regular bills. He became sick, lost weight, could not eat. He would not accept my offers to see a doctor because he said "He will send me for lots of tests and I can not afford it" He kept hoping to be called back from layoff, but he wasn't. He weighed 136# at 6'2" when my other son found him at his house, passed away. Nothing can heal the pain of losing a child, no matter what age. I get upset when these worthless bastards in DC refuse to help ordinary people, while WE pay for their health insurance. Time to stop it, plus their pensions. Let them get 401K's like regular people.

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One Year Ago Today, America�s Profit-Driven Health Care System Killed my Only Son (NSFW) [View all] riqster Jun 2013 OP

Well-aimed profanity. Thanks riqster. Scuba Jun 2013 #1

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #11

Thinking of you today. Borchkins Jun 2013 #2

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #10

K&R Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #3

I am sorry for your loss. TRoN33 Jun 2013 #4

Thanks, and all the best to you and your boys. riqster Jun 2013 #13

I'm so sorry for your loss. area51 Jun 2013 #5

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #14

I feel your pain riverbendviewgal Jun 2013 #6

My condolences. riqster Jun 2013 #9

On December 21st will be the 20th anniversary of the negligent homicide/malpractice that killed Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #7

Hugs to you. riqster Jun 2013 #8

Thank you! My son's cousin was born a week after him and he also has CYstic Fibrosis. Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #87

Only for the Dick Cheneys of the world.. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #12

*1 nt riqster Jun 2013 #33

I am so sorry. I can't imagine the pain! sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #70

I'm pissed off right with you. We are disgraced as a nation for the death of your son mountain grammy Jun 2013 #15

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #18

I'll add another "FUCK YOU"... OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 #16

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #17

K&R Most of us could afford single payer... midnight Jun 2013 #19

Yes, we need single payer riqster Jun 2013 #24

No real grey area.... Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #20

A very good analogy. riqster Jun 2013 #25

Obscure sailing vessel references... Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #45

wow heaven05 Jun 2013 #21

No argument there. riqster Jun 2013 #27

one mtasselin Jun 2013 #22

Even the millionaires are vulnerable riqster Jun 2013 #28

I am so sorry for your loss. cate94 Jun 2013 #23

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #29

I didn't realize Mr B&C was YOU. So sorry about your loss. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #26

Yes, that is my blog riqster Jun 2013 #30

You are awesome, and you say things that I am thinking but don't dare say myself. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #56

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #57

My sister also died from denial of care. daisy1957 Jun 2013 #31

Oh Hell Daisy, I am sorry. riqster Jun 2013 #32

I am so sorry for your loss. blue neen Jun 2013 #34

Thanks, and good luck to you riqster Jun 2013 #37

I cannot even imagine.... IdaBriggs Jun 2013 #35

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #41

Speechless! SIX HOURS???? WTF??? IdaBriggs Jun 2013 #49

Interesting thought riqster Jun 2013 #50

Well, my gosh, you had insurance that you dared to USE! blue neen Jun 2013 #60

Thank you riqster Jun 2013 #61

K&R ReRe Jun 2013 #36

Thanks, and the same to you. riqster Jun 2013 #39

I am so sorry for your loss Jarla Jun 2013 #38

^^^This^^^ riqster Jun 2013 #40

absolutely. The death panels are here *now*. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #74

I am sorry for your loss Rigster.... prairierose Jun 2013 #42

Thank you for the kind words riqster Jun 2013 #46

hugs to you RainDog Jun 2013 #43

Thank you riqster Jun 2013 #47

I send you love and energy. peace13 Jun 2013 #44

Thank you Kim. riqster Jun 2013 #48

So sorry for your loss LittleBlue Jun 2013 #51

I am sure of it. riqster Jun 2013 #53

First, do no harm. johnnyreb Jun 2013 #52

Insurers do not have to abide by Hippocrates riqster Jun 2013 #54

Peace to you, riqster... KansDem Jun 2013 #55

And upon you. peace. riqster Jun 2013 #59

Worthy of Ashley Morris himself! KamaAina Jun 2013 #58

If this isn't the time for profanity, and plenty of it . . . Brigid Jun 2013 #62

Thank you Brigid nt riqster Jun 2013 #63

I'm so very sorry for... one_voice Jun 2013 #64

Me, too. I find some solace in activism. riqster Jun 2013 #65

Du is broken: I can only rec this once! Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #66

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #68

Riqster, private insurers also destroyed my family. Totally. Fuck them. freshwest Jun 2013 #67

Sorry for your pain riqster Jun 2013 #69

And yours. Thanks. freshwest Jun 2013 #72

I'm so sorry, freshwest. pnwmom Jun 2013 #84

I am so sorry. Puglover Jun 2013 #71

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #77

I am so sorry for your loss, and Ilsa Jun 2013 #73

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #78

One year ago today = = Scarsdale Jun 2013 #75

+1 riqster Jun 2013 #79

DU is a site for grownups, tolerant of well deserved profanity Warpy Jun 2013 #76

Agree with your post riqster Jun 2013 #80

Nowhere near what you have had to endure. Warpy Jun 2013 #82

My daughter died for the same reason Stargazer99 Jun 2013 #81

I am sorry for your loss. riqster Jun 2013 #93

I am so sorry, riqster. I know there is no bigger loss. pnwmom Jun 2013 #83

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #92

I'm so sorry. Just Saying Jun 2013 #85

Thanks for the kind words riqster Jun 2013 #94

I want to send good thoughts and positive energy to all the people on this thread who lost loved.... LongTomH Jun 2013 #86

Thank you. And Amen. riqster Jun 2013 #95

I wish you peace and strength, riqster. SunSeeker Jun 2013 #88

Thank you. So much. riqster Jun 2013 #96

I'm sickened by the priorities of this country. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #89

Indeed. riqster Jun 2013 #97

I hope ( and believe) some good will come from this. rurallib Jun 2013 #90

Thanks. That same hope is why I wrote it. riqster Jun 2013 #98

I so sorry, riqster. Damn, sometimes I hate this country..... tpsbmam Jun 2013 #91

Agreed. I am proud, though, of the strength riqster Jun 2013 #99

Thanks to everyone for their support and good wishes riqster Jun 2013 #100

Your loss is America's shame DissidentVoice Jun 2013 #101

Makes you wonder how far we really have come riqster Jun 2013 #104

I'm not so sure we have. DissidentVoice Jun 2013 #109

Yep. riqster Jun 2013 #110

I'm feeling for you riqster jimlup Jun 2013 #102

Exactly. Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #103

Hugs. idwiyo Jun 2013 #105

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #107

Very sorry about the loss of your son. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #106

^^^THIS^^^ riqster Jun 2013 #108

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