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AndyA

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6. Sad that this guy gave up everything he and his late wife worked for

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 02:43 PM

Nov 2013

to pay off medical bills, just so some CEO at a health insurer can have a third vacation house that is used once or twice a year.

And Congress wants to protect the vultures that do this to people.

I agree with this gentleman: they all should be voted out of office and replaced with people who know first hand what it's like to struggle and lose everything. I doubt they'd be so willing to protect the millionaires and big greedy corporations.

Thanks for sharing--you just never know how a person really feels until you talk to them. I'll bet it helped him having a kind ear to listen. You did your good deed for the day.

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So, I was sitting on a chair in the hall of the county courthouse this morning [View all] Skidmore Nov 2013 OP

Basically, a good person wiped out financially due to a medical bill, one of the bluestate10 Nov 2013 #1

HIs situation is exactly what bankruptcy is there for. elehhhhna Nov 2013 #4

Except the bankruptcy reform bill back in like 2006 hootinholler Nov 2013 #9

You know who was part author of the bill right? nt Javaman Nov 2013 #11

It's the one thing I will never forgive Joe for. n/t hootinholler Nov 2013 #13

Same here. nt Javaman Nov 2013 #14

Same here. scarletwoman Nov 2013 #20

Joe sure helped us out with Clarence Thomas too !! warrant46 Nov 2013 #21

I don't believe this is true. OKNancy Nov 2013 #16

Wrong Joe. scarletwoman Nov 2013 #19

LOL - that explains it. OKNancy Nov 2013 #22

Absolutely untrue. former9thward Nov 2013 #31

Not in a way that affected medical bills treestar Nov 2013 #29

This is horrible. And unfortunately among the "salt of the earth" BlueStreak Nov 2013 #28

Greatest Page for this important story! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #2

Although I realize older men like these have the mindset that they MUST Nay Nov 2013 #3

I bet he didn't negotiate the price down either. :-( Lars39 Nov 2013 #10

Of course he didn't -- and a society that expects sick people and their Nay Nov 2013 #15

Are you sure a medical bankruptcy would have allowed him to keep his house? pnwmom Nov 2013 #23

No. I'm not sure. Each state is probably different. But he certainly had no Nay Nov 2013 #24

You can keep your house in Iowa. former9thward Nov 2013 #35

+1 if he had the $$ to pay back all but 11K treestar Nov 2013 #30

Important post malaise Nov 2013 #5

Sad that this guy gave up everything he and his late wife worked for AndyA Nov 2013 #6

No he gave up everything because he did not talk to an attorney. former9thward Nov 2013 #33

Very often people can't afford an attorney AndyA Nov 2013 #39

The OP said he paid off except for 11k a 400k medical bill. former9thward Nov 2013 #40

The OP also said the man liquidated all his assets to pay them off AndyA Nov 2013 #41

Not acceptable and unnecessary. former9thward Nov 2013 #42

That's certainly not a very caring attitude toward someone who's suffered a hardship. AndyA Nov 2013 #43

It wasn't the insurance companies that gave him a 400k bill. former9thward Nov 2013 #44

The insurance companies dropped his wife. AndyA Nov 2013 #45

I read the same OP former9thward Nov 2013 #46

How you concluded that I am defending the medical industry is beyond me AndyA Nov 2013 #48

Good for him, but you iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #7

I told him that but I think he needed to make the trip Skidmore Nov 2013 #8

Thanks for posting this good news Skidmore. Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #12

hope he wants to send King (or Latham) packing rurallib Nov 2013 #17

I hear this more and more from Republicans here in Tea Party, Texas, too. It gives me hope. marble falls Nov 2013 #18

thx for the story, sad the guy had to give all he had to pay medical bills Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #25

Skidmore Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2013 #26

K&R. Thanks for sharing that. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #27

Either this story is untrue or he did not talk to an attorney. former9thward Nov 2013 #32

I only know what the man told me and Skidmore Nov 2013 #36

I don't doubt what you reported is what was told to you. former9thward Nov 2013 #38

No more horror stories.. Gary 50 Nov 2013 #34

K&R rudolph the red Nov 2013 #37

my medical bills so far this year is over 450,000 thousand madrchsod Nov 2013 #47

He's blaming the problems with ACA on the right politicians! B Calm Nov 2013 #49

That was refreshing for me to hear too. Skidmore Nov 2013 #50