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Meowmee

(7,698 posts)
35. I'm glad you survived it
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:36 PM
Dec 2024

Last edited Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:51 PM - Edit history (1)

Terrible you were prosecuted. You did the right thing imo. I once talked with someone who had embezzled money to pay for his mil huge bill for cancer.

Edit to add * This is another tragic and painful example of not only that we need universal healthcare, but that healthcare costs are way too high and need to be controlled, not just pharmaceutical costs. My paternal uncle was a doctor in Canada for many years, and he was head of a hospital ward. He made a very good living but no one was ever overcharged or bankrupted because costs are controlled. He did not go into medicine to become a millionaire, but to help people. He was a great doctor and diagnostician which is the most important thing in medicine.

No one should ever have to be in the position you were in or be prosecuted for trying to save their own or someone else's life or for chronic care etc.. No one should be bankrupted or have to do what you and that other man did in desperation. It is the worst kind of exploitation to make huge un-needed profits off of people who are ill who have no choice.

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OMG Kali Dec 2024 #1
Santa Vaca MaineNative Dec 2024 #10
I too Puppyjive Dec 2024 #19
+1 dalton99a Dec 2024 #52
Can I steal your story? vapor2 Dec 2024 #55
Yes Puppyjive Dec 2024 #71
My employer would not give me light duty Puppyjive Dec 2024 #87
Im shocked too Demovictory9 Dec 2024 #64
That is fecking insane and immoral 😖 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #90
OMG. I never heard of anyone going to jail for filing BK. SunSeeker Dec 2024 #2
because most of his bankrupties were on his gopiscrap Dec 2024 #4
Who or what prosecuted you? Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2024 #11
Feds gopiscrap Dec 2024 #15
Holy crap Alice Kramden Dec 2024 #83
Hey DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #116
Yes DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #23
Someone made some serious bank off of your pain and suffering though ck4829 Dec 2024 #3
That someone would be lawyers. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #91
More likely the health insurer.. whathehell Dec 2024 #111
Dear god XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #5
omigawd. barbtries Dec 2024 #6
preditory capitalisim. i have a friend who says communisim dosnt work, what about capitalisim AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #45
my son calls it late stage capitalism barbtries Dec 2024 #56
Nobody on the horizon that appears able to stop them. rubbersole Dec 2024 #82
It will take the people, barbtries Dec 2024 #84
Unfortunately, the people did vote for "change" including UHC Justice matters. Dec 2024 #119
Vastly inequitable systems dominated Europe for millennia misanthrope Dec 2024 #99
but they didn't last. barbtries Dec 2024 #100
Reign of terror of the biggest monsters in history. Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #115
You are talking about individual rulers misanthrope Dec 2024 #127
Late stage capitalism KT2000 Dec 2024 #118
I hope you are right MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #133
Same orangecrush Dec 2024 #58
But what about the poor wealthy healthcare executive!111 BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #7
OMG. So glad you made it. And WTHH kind of legal system do we have?? Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #8
I think that's the most horrible insurance company-related story I've ever read. Hope you're okay now, both healthwise Vinca Dec 2024 #9
What a sad and horrible story! JoseBalow Dec 2024 #12
In the FCI camp at Sheridan OR gopiscrap Dec 2024 #16
You are incredible, truly. Passages Dec 2024 #32
thanks you are very kind gopiscrap Dec 2024 #33
They are kind but really they are just being honest too🥰 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #92
If you gotta get locked up, a Federal camp is the best kind of time JoseBalow Dec 2024 #51
No I was there gopiscrap Dec 2024 #59
Oh, that sounds like not a fun time JoseBalow Dec 2024 #62
gopiscrap............ Upthevibe Dec 2024 #13
DuRec leftstreet Dec 2024 #14
Your story needs to be covered by Rachel Maddow jmbar2 Dec 2024 #17
Why aren't you? You should be. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #97
Just awful Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #18
Why arent we (Americans) out protesting in the street about this? Why do we put up with it? IcyPeas Dec 2024 #20
People should be picketing insurance company offices instead of abortion clinics. Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #43
Because the people affected are already sick and run down... druidity33 Dec 2024 #65
What an excellent post 🥰 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #93
Because the sick are the unseen and most aren't up to it. uponit7771 Dec 2024 #105
President Nixon made it legal for insurance companies to profit from healthcare. patphil Dec 2024 #21
What a horrific journey... spanone Dec 2024 #22
I second that opinion. ChazInAz Dec 2024 #24
I hold my moms death to her shitty hmo XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #25
Oh feck, this should not happen, my heart is with you mate♥️😪 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #95
I am so sorry, what a travesty. Passages Dec 2024 #60
A quick and brutal illustration of how corporate and state violence are intertwined, and as harmful as interpersonal WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #26
I am so sorry this happened to you. Loryn Dec 2024 #27
Dahawnbear DaHawnBear Dec 2024 #28
As a BK attorney I don't understand how this happened to you. The Bankruptcy Reform Act Pepsidog Dec 2024 #29
He died prior to arrival at hospital, so gunshot wound deemed a preexisting condition. His claim has been rejected. ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #30
omg I am so sorry you and your family went through that. Passages Dec 2024 #31
THIS. - Hugs malaise Dec 2024 #34
thanks gopiscrap Dec 2024 #39
I'm glad you survived it Meowmee Dec 2024 #35
Murder is wrong. However... av8rdave Dec 2024 #36
That is awful mountain grammy Dec 2024 #37
That story is the worst I have ever heard! LittleGirl Dec 2024 #38
You should all be writing Biden for his pardon. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #94
I am so sorry, gopiscrap. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #40
It's absolutely insane that anyone would need to become a felon and do prison time Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #41
Good Lord! This is a horrendous indictment of both the insurance industry and the "justice" system in this LoisB Dec 2024 #42
insurannce is a legal scam in my mind . how do pencil pushers get the right to make medical decisions . AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #44
Always has been. Karasu Dec 2024 #73
Our Medical System Needs A Public Option - STAT! cer7711 Dec 2024 #46
I'm sorry that happened to you. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #47
Have you applied for and received a pardon? LiberalFighter Dec 2024 #48
no I haven't gopiscrap Dec 2024 #50
If you decide to send one in I would sign it. flying_wahini Dec 2024 #132
Thank you for sharing this. More people need to understand this. live love laugh Dec 2024 #49
i am so sorry you went through that. The fear, the pain from cancer and then the fear, frustration, and punishment from Solly Mack Dec 2024 #53
Oh my gods. 💔 Hekate Dec 2024 #54
Good gawd orangecrush Dec 2024 #57
Holy crap! Ruby the Liberal Dec 2024 #61
You have got to be FAWKING kidding??? A gawd damn felon???? a kennedy Dec 2024 #63
meanwhile a CONvicted felon is going to run the country?? AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #81
Sad thing for a supposed First World country . . . Aussie105 Dec 2024 #66
thank you all for your kind replies gopiscrap Dec 2024 #67
thank you all for your kind replies gopiscrap Dec 2024 #68
May I repost this on BlueSky? nt okaawhatever Dec 2024 #122
Thanks for letting us know. That is disgusting. I can't imagine how you got through that. I hate insurance cos. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #69
Man, if THAT story is not enough to prove our healthcare system is 'effed up... 70sEraVet Dec 2024 #70
Prison?!? Karia Dec 2024 #72
Infuriating!!! Such a massive injustice Arazi Dec 2024 #74
I have been flippantly saying that if it wasn't for Tricare my family would be homeless or I'd have a black LT Barclay Dec 2024 #75
What a nightmare for you, and terrifying for the rest of us! calimary Dec 2024 #76
Not even close to an uncommon story Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #77
Yes it is more common than many realize Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #126
Truly unbelievably horrific story, but Sogo Dec 2024 #78
You went to prison for getting sick? Trueblue Texan Dec 2024 #79
i have have met several danish people + my epal arne had AWESOME DANISH HEALTH CARE. college is free too i think. pansypoo53219 Dec 2024 #80
That sounds terrifying. Vibes to your good health applegrove Dec 2024 #85
my salivary gland cancer was diagnosed as "squamous cell carcinoma" rampartd Dec 2024 #86
I am so sorry gopiscrap Dec 2024 #88
i've been clean for aby 2 years now rampartd Dec 2024 #98
My son was diagnosed with ACC cancer in 2016, stageIV. Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #121
8'm glad ypu still jave him rampartd Dec 2024 #123
I'm lucky to be in good health Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #124
my wife worked t a grocery until she qualifued for medicare rampartd Dec 2024 #125
A healthcare horror story jfz9580m Dec 2024 #89
Had health ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #96
I am so sorry you went through this LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #101
Our family doctor got to the point where he would not accept United Health Care from any of his patients. BComplex Dec 2024 #102
Sorry you had to go through so much adversity. Glad you survived to tell your story. It was horrible then and akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #103
You are a tough person, Mr. Mustard 2023 Dec 2024 #104
What 3auld6phart Dec 2024 #106
I just dropped United Healthcare signed up for something else. Linda ladeewolf Dec 2024 #107
Thanks for sharing your heart breaking story with the medical system. Glad you and your family survived such akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #108
Trump will make these problems great again IronLionZion Dec 2024 #109
Thanks to ACA, pre-existing denials are very rare. Silent Type Dec 2024 #110
Notice that not one of the site's pearl clutchers responded to your OP tenderfoot Dec 2024 #112
Exactly nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #135
For-profit Healthcare is evil Sugarcoated Dec 2024 #113
Horrific cilla4progress Dec 2024 #114
This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck in NYC who got popped ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #117
Truth. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #120
Thom Hartman has been talking down Medicare "Advantage" plans for quite a while. SupportSanity Dec 2024 #128
Geeeebz! Horrific: the illness, being imprisoned(!), fighting to get your bill reduced... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #129
thank you, you are very kind gopiscrap Dec 2024 #130
Oh, yw. My folks raaised us to have empathy -unlike- certain people. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #131
BIDEN SHOULD PARDON YOU TO HIGHLIGHT cpamomfromtexas Dec 2024 #134
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