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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE: Charlene Dill story HITS MSN (mother murdered by Rick Scott's Medicaid Gap) [View all]SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)42. Don't get sick - Original article
http://orlandoweekly.com/news/the-perils-of-florida-s-refusal-to-expand-medicaid-1.1665144
Excerpt from the article:
Congressman Alan Grayson, who received significant criticism for his Die Quickly placard, which he released in reaction to Republican obstruction of the ACA, replied more specifically to the case.
Charlenes sad and unnecessary death illustrates what I have said all along: For the 1 million of Floridians who cannot afford health care coverage, the Republican health care plan is simply this: Dont get sick, Grayson says. If you do get sick, and if you cannot afford coverage, the GOP has nothing for you but prayer. The Republicans have no answers, no alternatives, no ideas, no safety nets, no sympathy, no empathy and no compassion. Just these three words: Dont get sick. The GOPs refusal to expand Medicaid, at no cost to Florida, has put the GOPs appalling disregard for human life on full display. As far as theyre concerned, if youre not a fetus, youre on your own. The Republicans would literally rather watch people like Charlene die than give them the care that they need to stay healthy and alive. Its disgusting and sadistic.
Grayson entered Woolrichs account of Dills death which she published online into the Congressional Record, even having a representative deliver the document at Dills funeral, which was, again, crowd-funded by Woolrich on GoFundMe.com. Woolrich raised $4,000 in less than a week to pay for the funeral.
I memorialized Charlenes life and death in the Congressional Record, because the Republicans want to pretend that none of this is happening. That Charlene didnt die as a result of their callous neglect that no Floridians will die as a result of their willful refusal to expand Medicaid at no cost, Grayson says. But Im not going to let them forget. Im not going to let them pretend. This is not a game; this is very real. This is life and death.
Excerpt from the article:
Congressman Alan Grayson, who received significant criticism for his Die Quickly placard, which he released in reaction to Republican obstruction of the ACA, replied more specifically to the case.
Charlenes sad and unnecessary death illustrates what I have said all along: For the 1 million of Floridians who cannot afford health care coverage, the Republican health care plan is simply this: Dont get sick, Grayson says. If you do get sick, and if you cannot afford coverage, the GOP has nothing for you but prayer. The Republicans have no answers, no alternatives, no ideas, no safety nets, no sympathy, no empathy and no compassion. Just these three words: Dont get sick. The GOPs refusal to expand Medicaid, at no cost to Florida, has put the GOPs appalling disregard for human life on full display. As far as theyre concerned, if youre not a fetus, youre on your own. The Republicans would literally rather watch people like Charlene die than give them the care that they need to stay healthy and alive. Its disgusting and sadistic.
Grayson entered Woolrichs account of Dills death which she published online into the Congressional Record, even having a representative deliver the document at Dills funeral, which was, again, crowd-funded by Woolrich on GoFundMe.com. Woolrich raised $4,000 in less than a week to pay for the funeral.
I memorialized Charlenes life and death in the Congressional Record, because the Republicans want to pretend that none of this is happening. That Charlene didnt die as a result of their callous neglect that no Floridians will die as a result of their willful refusal to expand Medicaid at no cost, Grayson says. But Im not going to let them forget. Im not going to let them pretend. This is not a game; this is very real. This is life and death.
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UPDATE: Charlene Dill story HITS MSN (mother murdered by Rick Scott's Medicaid Gap) [View all]
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
OP
and btw, we have the votes to pass medicaid expansion, but the tea party speaker won't
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#5
who will be the last working poor person to die before medicaid expands for all?
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#13
here in Orlando/Orange County, we saw how far they'll go to keep our jobs INSECURE
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#20
From your keyboard to their billboards. I have little confidence it will happen though
Doctor_J
Apr 2014
#50
Death Panels by Republicans. By the party which "errs on the side of life",
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#7
he and the house speaker will weatherford - it's the ALEC-wing of the GOP
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#11
They are ALL confederates! ALL. OF. THEM. And they deserve to be erradicated....
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2014
#18
it can't happen soon enough -- please, party-people, PLEASE send reinforcements to Florida!
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#22
i meant to write about this much sooner, but my own outrage fatigue got in the way
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#35
thank god for congressman Grayson! "disgusting and sadistic" are good descriptions of FL-GOPers
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#43
repubs were insane to think pushback on Grayson would make people forget they can't see a doctor
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#46
that's indeed the bottom line and we have to start dealing with this head-on
nashville_brook
Apr 2014
#54