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Demtexan

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21. I guess the family wanted to keep him around.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #19)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 10:37 PM

Dec 2017

Really sad.

He might be gone by now.

Half his skull was missing.

He was not there anymore.

He was a 6 ft baby.

Could do nothing for himself.

Just lay in a johnnie chair.

That is brain dead to me.

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$179Billion in Medicaid cuts in the "Tax Cut" bill [View all] Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 OP

More like "that's the effect given a particular cause." Igel Dec 2017 #1

She said it was a reduction in spending. The health care bill WAS, in fact, a reduction in spending. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #16

I worked in Mental health for many many years. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #20

And it was probably all Orrin could do to avoid giving the "they wasted their money" speech again. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #2

It will destroy rural clinics and hospitals. roamer65 Dec 2017 #3

Kiss all those small town critical access hospital's goodbye and enjoy your stupid vote for trump elehhhhna Dec 2017 #13

ERs will be over loaded. Iliyah Dec 2017 #4

People will die. That is the point. Old people and sick children are useless eaters. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #6

The corporations and the wealthy buy the politicians so what do we expect? jalan48 Dec 2017 #5

According to Republicans, asking the wealthy to pay their fair share is the all dreaded, and to be -Steph- Dec 2017 #7

How can that ever be OK BittyJenkins Dec 2017 #8

The GOP wants to punish the people who did not vote for them, plainly political abuse of power, ... L. Coyote Dec 2017 #9

But a very great many people who will be affected by the Medicaid cuts DID vote for the pukes Glorfindel Dec 2017 #11

My nursing home my mother lived in had young people living there. Demtexan Dec 2017 #12

Yes. I think some don't realize that. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #17

The 22 year old was playing withna gun. Demtexan Dec 2017 #18

Oh, no. But...they didn't pull the plug? Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #19

I guess the family wanted to keep him around. Demtexan Dec 2017 #21

Oh, how awful. What a tragic situation. I'm so sorry to hear that. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #22

My Mother needed a nursing home. Demtexan Dec 2017 #23

2018 bdamomma Dec 2017 #10

Historically, a thriving middle class keeps the 1% in check. haele Dec 2017 #14

The fat cats need to rethink this. If the po' folk die off, who'll be the maids and gardeners? Vinca Dec 2017 #15