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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>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/2016 4:20 PM, Ron Force wrote:<br>
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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="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium">The cheapest patient is a dead one</b></div>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">by
Tom Sullivan</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">A
doctor's letter to the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2016/03/21/kinston-doctors-letter-is-an-absolute-must-read-for-legislators-refusing-to-expand-medicaid/"
style="color:rgb(51,102,0)">editor</a>:</p>
<blockquote style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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PRADEEP ARUMUGHAM, M.D.<br>
KINSTON</blockquote>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">The
letter might have been written in any of the </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/current-status-of-the-medicaid-expansion-decisions-healthreform3.png"
style="color:rgb(51,102,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">19
states</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"> that
have refused </span>Medicaid expansion<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"> under
the Affordable Care Act.</span><br
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">
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Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tImzjsS7XYw/VvJk7LCx4gI/AAAAAAAABB0/joW35IX_ZgAuNnbWMf9mzFlPiRyTHVSsg/s1600/current-status-of-the-medicaid-expansion-decisions-healthreform3.png"
style="color:red;font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
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="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Count
her as "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-usmvYOPfco"
style="color:rgb(51,102,0)">died quickly</a>." </p>
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