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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:46 AM Original message |
An uninsured man gets cancer. He has no insurance. What are his options? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. In real life? He's out of luck, he dies. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. That's not true. There is Medicaid |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wag the market...creates a website based on his victimhood |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. According to the GOP, he can go to the ER for treatment. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. He could contact Michael Moore or... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Some hospitals are oblagated to treat |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:56 AM Original message |
In real life? If he's got kids, he'll die so he can leave them something |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Depending on his state |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. he goes to the county hospital. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Treat emergencies?: yes. Treat cancer?: no. |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Pretend to be a Russian prince and marry a fabulously wealthy woman |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. This happened to my brother-in-law. Different reasons for the no |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well that story could have been about me |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. I envision an elaborate plot involving 6 Chinamen and a zeppelin ... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hey, you peeked! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Good luck with it ... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. A rubber Nixon mask and a shotgun? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Take whatever savings he has and immigrate to another country and start over. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Seen the TV show "Breaking Bad"? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Love that show |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It isn't coimg back. Cancelled. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They *are* doing a season 2 |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Have him commit a felony |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thats actually not a bad idea. They even perform transplants on convicts in CA. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. A gun, lots of pills or a jump off a tall building. Thats America for you. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
25. Have him go to a curandero/a, either in the Hispanic part of his own city or in Mexico, |
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chicagomd (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Move. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'd kill to have Abby Lockhart as a doctor! n/t |
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