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Post #318,153
by Another Scott
12/4/09 8:05:03 PM
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New You really believe everyone gets treatment?
If so, you need to start reading different news sites.

http://kristof.blogs...lth-care/?apage=7

My Sunday column looks at health care reform through the prism of Nikki White, a young woman from Tennessee. She became too sick with Lupus to work — and then lost her health insurance, and then died because of lack of medical care. We may know intellectually that 18,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have insurance, but to confront one such person is still heartbreaking. And I just can’t believe that we will let this opportunity for health reform slip through our fingers, so that Americans like Nikki continue to die needlessly every 30 minutes.

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More on Nikki here: http://www.post-gaze...339/743713-84.stm

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #318,172
by boxley
12/5/09 1:37:32 PM
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New what is the cure for lupus? Lupus sufferers would like that
     Ars: Bandwidth Hogs are like Unicorns. - (Another Scott) - (19) - Dec. 3, 2009, 09:12:51 PM EST
         Fallout from Comcast's 250GB cap enforement - (folkert) - Dec. 3, 2009, 10:47:39 PM EST
         maybe this will help - (boxley) - (17) - Dec. 4, 2009, 08:39:00 AM EST
             So you've *seen* the unicorn?! - (drook) - (8) - Dec. 4, 2009, 09:42:46 AM EST
                 yes, they whine on dslreports.com sometimes - (boxley) - (7) - Dec. 4, 2009, 10:37:45 AM EST
                     No not really. - (folkert) - (6) - Dec. 4, 2009, 03:02:18 PM EST
                         ah, thanks for proving my point - (boxley) - (5) - Dec. 4, 2009, 07:32:43 PM EST
                             I'm not even close to the throttle limit or cap... - (folkert) - (3) - Dec. 5, 2009, 12:36:38 AM EST
                                 greg, I cant speak for comcast, are you using docsis 3? - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 5, 2009, 01:43:30 PM EST
                                     It's different all over. - (malraux) - Dec. 5, 2009, 02:30:55 PM EST
                                     Its not just DNS.... - (folkert) - Dec. 5, 2009, 03:10:32 PM EST
                             Where do you get the "no limits" part? - (scoenye) - Dec. 5, 2009, 10:32:04 AM EST
             Interesting, but misses the point. - (Another Scott) - (7) - Dec. 4, 2009, 09:47:41 AM EST
                 have to what? you dont like it use someone else - (boxley) - (6) - Dec. 4, 2009, 10:39:22 AM EST
                     Here you go, hope you've got plenty of time to read - (drook) - (5) - Dec. 4, 2009, 01:07:34 PM EST
                         I said not treated, didnt say free by health insurance - (boxley) - (4) - Dec. 4, 2009, 07:34:32 PM EST
                             Free clinics do transplants? - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 4, 2009, 08:02:33 PM EST
                                 st judes, shriners etc keep trying - (boxley) - Dec. 5, 2009, 01:39:20 PM EST
                             You really believe everyone gets treatment? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 4, 2009, 08:05:03 PM EST
                                 what is the cure for lupus? Lupus sufferers would like that -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 5, 2009, 01:37:32 PM EST

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