As I have already mentioned, I have strong opinions on most everything and people being denied life saving medical treatment because they cannot afford it is one of those things. My friend called me tonite to tell me how her husbands doctors appt. went. Turns out he has several blood clots in is legs. The treatment? He has to take 2 shots per day for a month in order to stop the nasty things from detahing and going straigt to his heart with the end result being his death. My friend has no insurance even though her and her husband work very hard everyday to survive. So she gets to the pharmacy and turns the scrip over only to find out that it will cost $6,000 dollars! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So now she has to go home to face her ill husband. She has to tell him that they cannot get this medication that means his life or his death. No insurance? Go home and die because you don't matter enough. Sickening.....
UPDATE: So my friend took her husband to the local hospital, and I use the word hopsital without much conviction as it is more of a spare parts shop where the nurses and other staff appear to have been lobotomized (spl?), and told them that he needed the shots and they could not afford the script. So this "hospital" administered the shots and admitted him for the next few days to monitor the situation. Maybe even the worst chop shops can grow a little bit of a concious.
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