Real people ... who we knew and loved ... who died unnecessarily in the U.S.
Real Life Stories of Americans
THE SILENT ... NOW DECEASED
"My daughter got sick with cancer after her husband lost his job. She never told anyone she was sick because she knew the financial hardship it would cause and eventually the hospital would take their house for unpaid medical bills. We lost her in the following spring ... We read her diary and learned all she was feeling and thinking. Now I wonder how many others are just like her in this America? And how many before her?"
Deaths due to Preventable Diseases: Dead Last
Rankings 1st to 19th. France, Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland, Portugal, United States
http://www.medicareforall.org/...
Real. People. Dying. Unnecessarily.
Real people ... who we knew and loved ... who died unnecessarily in the U.S.
Real Life Stories of Americans
THE FINANCIALLY RUINED
"I work with a man who had to sell his house to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment. They had insurance, but it wasn’t enough to save her life. He lost his home, his best friend and his financial security."
"My father was born in poverty . . . He died in poverty too, but not because of his own laziness or waste or mismanagement. He had been a successful commercial artist with 20 employees. No, he died in poverty because he was a hard worker and always paid his bills and died trying to pay the astronomical bills from the cancer that killed my mother. My father fought in WWII. He believed in this country and this country let him down . . ."
"My mom has gone bankrupt due to bills and my grand mom died while not being able to afford proper care . . ."
http://www.medicareforall.org/...
Deaths due to Preventable Diseases Trending: Dead Last
http://www.medicareforall.org/...
Do WE really have the "Best Health Care" in the World?
I guess, IF you can afford it -- "WE" do.
and IF you can't -- Oh Well!
Maybe those "Real People" can get the Heath Care they need,
if they simply go to War -- you know, sign up with that Employer of "Last Resort".
War always seems to be a "Growth Industry"
that gets funded -- No Questions Asked!!
(Right, Joe Lieberman?)
As long as America is pushing its weight around in the World, it's A-OKAY with Congress.
No Fuss, No Muss. As long as it's fighting "Terra" -- "All In favor?"
AYE!!!! ... the Ayes have it!
Write the Checks!!
Meanwhile back on the Ranch, the Misery keeps piling up, the pendantic political posturing, continues ... "Business as Usual" -- We JUST CAN'T afford Govt-Run-Health-Care! We got too many Wars to pay for, don't you know?
Names of the Dead
Share your Story
Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance. Add your story and watch Congressman Grayson read your stories on the House floor:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Do we even hear the pleas anymore, of
"the dispossessed, the despised, and the damned"
... ???
Leslie Rapacki
49, Estacada, Oregon
Eric Glassford
49, Lake Mary, Fl
Elizabeth Ann Machol
26, Santa Rosa Ca
Chas Stein
40s, Kettering, Oh Via Los Angeles
Linda Gayle Walker
62, Adamsville,Ttn
Jim Newman
50, Wichita, Ks
Denice Turchanik - Hindersman
50, Livonia, Mi
Anthony Arzate
42, Las Vegas Nv
Paula Novak
49, Austin, Mn
Kim Riemer
52, Des Plaines, Il
Susan Counceller
52, Liberty Indiana
Jim Hudson
49, Copley, Ohio
Adam Perry
28, Cranston, Rhode Island
Geoff Kemetick
38, Tinley Park, Il
Dr. Michael E. Carter
53, Stone Mountain, Ga
Buz Nourse
48, Stuart, Fl
Lily Buckus
50, Epsom, Nh
Uncle Abe
64, Altoona Pa
Rosemarie Voigt
62, Elk River
Frances Dawson
40''s, Long Beach, Ca
Margueritte L. Curtis
70, Dale City, Va
Samuel Thomas (tom) Beld
56, Madison, Wi
Elaine Courtney Fleming
51- Passed Away 09/11/2009, Melbourne, Florida
Theron Read
44, Salt Lake City, Ut
Carl Gardner
He was in his 60's, Virginia Beach, Va
See more ...
http://www.namesofthedead.com/
It's a good thing We got our Priorities straight, in America --
When it comes to the Issues of meting out "Life and Death"
and avoiding "frivolous spending" -- we're still Number One, by any irrational measure!
Someday, maybe, America will learn to become Number 1 ... in Compassion, too ????
one can hope.
one can dream ...
Dreams ... those are still Free, aren't they?
also posted on docuDharma