My brother is dying tonight. Maybe the end is a few days away, maybe not. He is only alive because they have him on the machines, BREATHE FOR HIM, FEED HIM!! Not the way he wanted it, but the way it is. There are those who think he doesn't deserve to live. After all, he has lived his life drinking too much, living too hard, doing it his way even when all his sisters, his parents and his brother didn't understand. BUT, he has loved as hard as he drank. He has been there when we needed him. He is a total human who deserves no less than any of us, even the best of us. Unfortunately, as a country we only care only for those who can take care of themselves. "Pull yourself up, come on, you can do it, what's your problem?, why are you like that?, get a grip".
We live in the great State of Tennessee. We have a Dem Governor. We are broke. They decided to remove a few hundred thousand folks from the TennCare (Medicaid) rolls because we want to be the last state in the union with no income tax, I guess. We don't care about anyone who is less fortunate than we are. We are selfish, we are pigs. Who pays? My brother and all those like him. He needed an office visit and an antibiotic to knock out the pneumonia. He had no insurance and no money to pay. He wouldn't go to the doctor's office. Now he is in intensive care. Great cost saving! Please somebody explain how a person can be on SS Disability in "the greatest county on earth" and have to wait two years for any medical benefits. Sorry I had to rant!