The Cost of Our Unequal Health Care System

[MAlibdem]

The article speaks for itself:

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2005042101060

"Longtime Lou's Diner employee Brian Benoit shattered the remaining portion of his partially amputated right arm in a recent biking accident. Benoit's predicament has sparked fundraising efforts at Lou's...

"The man thought he was a car and backed into him, sending him head over heels to the ground," Lou's night cashier Angela Burke said.

Ironically, Benoit canceled his medical insurance three weeks before the accident due to a sharp increase in premium rates. Now Benoit, who was unavailable for comment, faces the costs of quickly piling hospital bills.

"I feel bad for him, the poor guy," Burke said. "How are you going to pay for something like that?"

Read the whole article. It's a bummer. This is why we fix the healthcare system. For people like Brian. For sanity. For decency. For what is right.