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Brickbat

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19. If part of my taxes went to pay for single-payer health care and this guy was covered, I'd be just

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 11:25 PM

Aug 2013

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fine with it. I wouldn't be able to choose who got coverage and who didn't -- we all would be covered, because it's important that all of us in this country are healthy and don't feel like we're tied to a job or a partner in order to get health-care coverage.

In the meantime, has he tried a spaghetti feed?

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Well known “Red State Blogger” life threatening disease w/o health insurance.. [View all] busterbrown Aug 2013 OP

"What the hell happens to the rest of us facing the same problem" BlueJazz Aug 2013 #1

$25k for a serious illness requiring surgery etc. may be about 10-20% of total medical costs. geckosfeet Aug 2013 #4

Sounds good to me. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #5

What a great idea, pooling our money would give us the power of economic scale to get great prices usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #9

Your forgot the sarcasm smiley.... geckosfeet Aug 2013 #40

Busted usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #48

what kills me is how people only come around when it affects them personally NightWatcher Aug 2013 #2

Took the words right out of my mouth.. busterbrown Aug 2013 #7

Hand them the same "Christian values" right back HillWilliam Aug 2013 #60

No you're right. The guy likely has written many words that punished the poor and bluestate10 Aug 2013 #8

Sometimes I have just got to say fuck it... busterbrown Aug 2013 #25

"Experience is an expensive school, but fools will learn in no other." - Ben Franklin reformist2 Aug 2013 #49

But it's true... Phentex Aug 2013 #54

Yes, I will be loosing my Cobra on Tuesday as I have no money. This fucker... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #67

It goes for everything AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #72

I would be all for everyone NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #3

Just to give you a sense of Caleb's talents as a writer . . . hatrack Aug 2013 #6

Howe's family want you to think about his innocent daughters and wife. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #10

The liver produces bile. Howe has liver disease. REP Aug 2013 #16

So the guy's a POS. Life just handed him his ass. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #17

Wow, that looks to me like a rare case of cosmic justice. Marr Aug 2013 #18

What a prick... busterbrown Aug 2013 #26

Good grief! Or a sense of his total lack of humanity. :-( Lars39 Aug 2013 #68

What a remarkably nasty little fuck he is. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #70

I Personally Would Not Give This Fool A Penny. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #11

Why doesn't he just write a check from his Health Savings account?? Rectangle Aug 2013 #12

Did you notice all the RW Billionaires donating large sums of $ into Rectangle Aug 2013 #13

Hell, no. Marr Aug 2013 #21

Guess he should spend less time blogging and more time finding a job that TwilightGardener Aug 2013 #14

Say, why doesn't Red State offer a plan? A showcase for their philosophy! JHB Aug 2013 #36

Raising $25,000 is pulling oneself up by other peoples' bootstraps. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #15

Exactly. nt City Lights Aug 2013 #20

No, mooching from government = BAD, mooching from donors = GOOD ShadowLiberal Aug 2013 #22

If part of my taxes went to pay for single-payer health care and this guy was covered, I'd be just Brickbat Aug 2013 #19

The link reveals the root problem mick063 Aug 2013 #23

Ron Paul's advice for Caleb Howe>>>>>>> Rectangle Aug 2013 #24

Never turned anyone away from the hospital... busterbrown Aug 2013 #28

I was extremely lucky two years ago davidpdx Aug 2013 #56

+1 Sometimes you look inside yourself and see something you don't exactly like...... wandy Aug 2013 #33

Hopefully he survives and becomes an advocate for expanding healthcare access. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #27

Never..... He makes his living by writing hateful articles. Articles which are just plain vile.... busterbrown Aug 2013 #29

I had to say that to keep from saying something that would make me look down on myself. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #30

After seeing the awful things he said about Roger Ebert, I'm inclined to just say 'fuck him'. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #31

I think that's about right davidpdx Aug 2013 #57

check out one of the posts that is unknowingly touting the new Obamacare pre-existing rules Michigan Alum Aug 2013 #32

I notice it never said how he got liver failure. I wonder if LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #34

He's a very young guy. I doubt that it's from alcohol and cali Aug 2013 #35

I'm not making stuff up. Alcohol abuse is the leading cause of liver failure in the US. LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #38

And another link LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #41

And another link LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #42

Here is the "rain in my heart" link to part 1 of 10 LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #43

I think you owe me an apology, Cali. But I won't hold my breath waiting for it. LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #46

Fair enough. It looks like- though is by no means definitive- that the cali Aug 2013 #50

Thank you Cali. I find the subject of alcoholism and the harm it causes is something I think about LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #51

I hear you. cali Aug 2013 #52

Thank you for the book recommendation, I will read it! The best book LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #55

PS I hope more people will be organ donors. I am. My LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #58

PPS and I wish Rain In My Heart would be required viewing every year of jr high and LiberalLoner Aug 2013 #59

It is just as much a stretch to ASSume that "because he's young" or even bc "YOU doubt it" LaydeeBug Aug 2013 #64

I'd just show him the opening scene of "Sicko" and tell him to go Cheney himself. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #37

Voluntarily giving your money to someone in need is NOT socialism! burnodo Aug 2013 #39

How many fundraisers can we have? OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 #44

Well, practicing what you preach can be a bitch... n/t Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #45

"Experience is an expensive school, but fools will learn in no other." - Ben Franklin reformist2 Aug 2013 #47

There are anti- Obamacare people out there who are very ill SummerSnow Aug 2013 #53

I say fuck him. Cause that is what he would say about us. n/t Hotler Aug 2013 #61

Yet he would keep millions of others from getting health care mainer Aug 2013 #62

Notice these Red State comments. They're pissed off at Kos donations mainer Aug 2013 #63

Its because they lack basic human compassion. bunnies Aug 2013 #65

Maybe he should just go to the emergency room... Historic NY Aug 2013 #66

And even Howe's family is attacking Daily Kos for the donations! mainer Aug 2013 #69

Howe family should give all liberal donations back mainer Aug 2013 #71

I'm showing my support for Caleb by pushing for single-payer. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #73

How do we know this is not a hoax? Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #74