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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
have to say I’m shocked – truly shocked <b>and</b> appalled –
at the ignorance apparent in Donovan’s comment, particularly given that
he likes to hold himself up as an informed advocate for the elderly and the differently
abled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If
his claims were more than hot air, he wouldn’t have made such a MORONIC
comment about the costs of this woman’s care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nursing
home care is expensive, as Donovan should well know given his comments about
LHS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Using
Donovan’s own figure of $5000/month *<b>just</b>* for skilled nursing
care, anyone can do the math to see why $400,000 isn’t nearly enough to
provide for this woman’s care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2008
through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt,
or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written
permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Ellen Roskovich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 29, 2008 1:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Clueless<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Donovan
sez: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"Of
course the big question for me here is, why isn't $400,000 enough to care for
this woman?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Why
does she need $800,000? That is a lot of money, more than most people will make
in their lifetime. "<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I'm
not even going to suggest that maybe you're a callous s.o.b. I'm going to
let it go and just chalk it up to your youth and inexperience in the
world. Life has a way of catching up with you and kicking you in the butt
when you least expect it. So instead of berating you, I'll just say this
to you: May you never find out the cost of a double bypass. The
cost of the surgeon, anesthesiologist, CCU, lab tests, medication, cardiac
rehab, multiple stent implants and for good measure we'll throw in 6 years of
fighting a losing battle to lung cancer. Because if you ever had to deal
with this, you'd know that $400,000 to $800,000 can be a drop in the bucket for
on-going medical expenses. And I extend this wish to everyone. . .
may you never have to find out just how inadequate your health care insurance
truely is.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ellen
A. Roskovich<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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