- Feb 7, 2004
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I know a guy who has worked his whole life, had a good job, a college degree, all of that. A taxpayer, good citizen, etc.
He has come down with a chronic disease that made working extremely difficult. He was eventually 'let go'.
He was smart guy, had a year's salary in the bank, a house, etc.
He paid the cobra premiums as long as he could with the money in the bank, all the while looking for a job with insurance that he could do. Of course noone would hire him. Social services refused to help him as he owned a house and had too much net worth or somthing.
So he had to sell his house. He lived off that money for a time longer. His disease is progressing. The medical bills are staggering. Church helps some, but can't do everything. He has had to stop paying cobra (which if you have not looked is a staggering bill in itself).
Now he is destitute insuranceless, and basically suffering - with little or no future.
This is the system we want, eh?
He has come down with a chronic disease that made working extremely difficult. He was eventually 'let go'.
He was smart guy, had a year's salary in the bank, a house, etc.
He paid the cobra premiums as long as he could with the money in the bank, all the while looking for a job with insurance that he could do. Of course noone would hire him. Social services refused to help him as he owned a house and had too much net worth or somthing.
So he had to sell his house. He lived off that money for a time longer. His disease is progressing. The medical bills are staggering. Church helps some, but can't do everything. He has had to stop paying cobra (which if you have not looked is a staggering bill in itself).
Now he is destitute insuranceless, and basically suffering - with little or no future.
This is the system we want, eh?
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