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hobbit709

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7. Yet there are still people that insist insurance is the same as care.

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Sat May 28, 2016, 09:32 AM

May 2016

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Man taken off of transplant list due to lack of insurance [View all] n2doc May 2016 OP

We really need universal health care for every person in America madokie May 2016 #1

This is scandalous. The US is just pitiful in how it cares for its citizens. CurtEastPoint May 2016 #2

death panel dembotoz May 2016 #3

Health care for profit needs to be a thing of the past. How sad. B Calm May 2016 #4

insurance companies are the true DEATH PANELS spanone May 2016 #5

+100 narnian60 May 2016 #15

money is king, profit the queen heaven05 May 2016 #6

Yet there are still people that insist insurance is the same as care. hobbit709 May 2016 #7

He should qualify for Medicare because he has end stage TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #8

Not the only disease; ALS does too REP May 2016 #28

My husband is at end stage as well. Texasgal May 2016 #32

That's so messed up! herding cats May 2016 #39

This is what happens in a for-profit healthcare system. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #9

Why isn't he on Medicare? Anybody in renal failure is supposed to be Recursion May 2016 #10

He should be provided his transplant insurance or not SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #11

This guy bears a lot of the blame: Nye Bevan May 2016 #12

My thoughts exactly! kag May 2016 #13

So does every single person who folded instead of 20score May 2016 #17

I remember those days just before Obamacare passed. kag May 2016 #20

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2016 #24

and he smiles and waves, while people suffer and die needlessly. mountain grammy May 2016 #19

Why does Maine still have that POS in office? IronLionZion May 2016 #22

It says ryan_cats May 2016 #14

It actually says both. kag May 2016 #18

But, but, Obamacare fixed everything. Gene Debs May 2016 #16

Healthcare in America is a for-profit business. If you can't pay the fare, too bad so sad. NorthCarolina May 2016 #21

Okay what happened to being on your parents healthcare jwirr May 2016 #23

Health Care is a Human Right Octafish May 2016 #25

Obamacare! Greatest law in history! Doctor_J May 2016 #26

Tools. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #27

ESRF automatically qualifies someone for MediCARE, regardless of age REP May 2016 #29

Sure.. it just takes two years Texasgal May 2016 #34

No it doesn't. No waiting period. REP May 2016 #38

Unheard of in civilised countries Fairgo May 2016 #30

This is just awful! Texasgal May 2016 #31

Of course he was! All that counts in America is money...don't have any you can Rex May 2016 #33

Remember Trump's words malaise May 2016 #36

Send the real Death Panel list to malaise May 2016 #35

transplants are a business - hopemountain May 2016 #37