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<DIV>Dear Visionaries,</DIV>
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<DIV>I am totally incapable of understanding this nonsense!!! Black lives
matter; sick peoples’ lives matter, even right wing Republican lives matter...
why, forever more, is it so difficult to realize that we are in this <FONT
size=4><STRONG><EM>TOGETHER </EM></STRONG>and dependent upon each other to get
through this morass we call a life??? Reach out, help those folks, don’t
start the affordable care act all over again... work from where we are, apply
the Medicaid funds to all those in these 19 states who desperately need this
medical assistance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I hope against hope that we can make sure we elect people up
and down the ballot, here and in other states, who recognize that fundamental
“together” status we have and who will work cooperatively with it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM><U>ALL OF US</U></EM></STRONG> are benefitted by
such cooperation and no better use of that money is looming than to take care of
those in medical need. We owe it to the least of our brothers and
sisters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>All the best to each of you Visionaries!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Linda Pall</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Debismith@moscow.com
href="mailto:Debismith@moscow.com">Debi Smith</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:41 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Could have been written in
idaho</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>Yep.
I am in her boat, just Idaho instead of N. Carolina. Can't afford meds, however:
I think she was a lunatic,supporting GOP policies and right wing agendas. My
life matters, damn it. And so did hers. What the hell is the matter with a
country as strong and rich as ours that is able to allow people to die for lack
of medical care while convincing them their death doesn't matter but the right
wing agenda does? I am flummoxed! And disgusted<BR>Debi R-S<BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 3/29/2016 4:20 PM, Ron Force wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-SIZE: small">From digby's blog:</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-SIZE: small"><B
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">The
cheapest patient is a dead one</B></DIV>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">by
Tom Sullivan</P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">A
doctor's letter to the <A style="COLOR: rgb(51,102,0)"
href="http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2016/03/21/kinston-doctors-letter-is-an-absolute-must-read-for-legislators-refusing-to-expand-medicaid/"
moz-do-not-send="true">editor</A>:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">I
had the pleasure of taking care of a North Carolina constituent recently.
She is in her early 60s with severe heart failure acquired as a genetic
abnormality. She works in a small diner here and makes $9,000 a year. She
needs a defibrillator, which costs from $50,000 to $80,000.<BR><BR>She does
not have health insurance since she cannot afford to buy on the open market.
She tried the Affordable Care Act. The cutoff is above her pay so she is not
eligible. Since Republican lawmakers are fiscally responsible, she
understands why they rejected money that was coming from Washington to
expand Medicaid. After all, they have to do what is best for the people in
other states that expanded Medicaid or what is best for their friends in the
insurance and pharmaceutical industry.<BR><BR>She fully supports GOP
policies because, after all, what is one life worth? She also understands
that the general Republican thought that Medicaid expansion is a Democratic
socialist ploy had nothing to do with why they did not adopt it.<BR><BR>I
regret to inform you that she died a few days ago. I am pretty sure she and
her family are thankful to Republicans for saving all this money. She
totally understands the position that the cheapest patient is a dead
patient.<BR><BR>PRADEEP ARUMUGHAM, M.D.<BR>KINSTON</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">The
letter might have been written in any of the </SPAN><A
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(51,102,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)"
href="https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/current-status-of-the-medicaid-expansion-decisions-healthreform3.png"
moz-do-not-send="true">19 states</A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">
that have refused </SPAN>Medicaid expansion<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">
under the Affordable Care Act.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)"><A
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: red; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)"
href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tImzjsS7XYw/VvJk7LCx4gI/AAAAAAAABB0/joW35IX_ZgAuNnbWMf9mzFlPiRyTHVSsg/s1600/current-status-of-the-medicaid-expansion-decisions-healthreform3.png"
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src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tImzjsS7XYw/VvJk7LCx4gI/AAAAAAAABB0/joW35IX_ZgAuNnbWMf9mzFlPiRyTHVSsg/s320/current-status-of-the-medicaid-expansion-decisions-healthreform3.png"
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<P
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
roman'; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204)">Count
her as "<A style="COLOR: rgb(51,102,0)"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-usmvYOPfco" moz-do-not-send="true">died
quickly</A>." </P></DIV><BR>
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