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cabluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 11:47 PM
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Craigslist ad advertizes "healthcare" to the 47 million uninsured guinea pigs.
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/vol/860898744.html

No Health Insurance? No Problem!

Reply to: jriley@sierraresearch.net
Date: 2008-09-30, 8:15AM PDT


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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 11:51 PM
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1. Only in America :( nt
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cabluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 11:59 PM
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2. Yeap. How is a research study considered Healthcare?
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-08 12:28 AM
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3. It isn't. Also, some fake insurance companies are selling "insurance"...
and what it is is they'll pay for diagnoses, but never for the treatment if you're ill.
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-08 12:30 AM
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4. Disgusting
Truly an abomination. But desperate people will take the chance.

This is really a disgrace.

Trav
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cabluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-08 02:53 AM
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5. They way they word it is *SO* disingenuous. Poor, sick people will answer this ad hoping for help...
How disgusting is right!
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