Greg Palast (June 29/dtd July 1): I hope I die before the next re-fill

[Jack Rabbit]

From the website of Greg Palast
Dated Friday July 1

I hope I die before I have to pay for the next re-fill
A July 4th note from my journal
By Greg Palast

I was in the drug store today out here in Podunk. Some old guy in front of me was picking up his little paper bag of prescription medicine. The lady behind the counter handed him a credit card slip and said, "I'm sorry."

She was sorry because the bill was over $1,200. The old man stared at the charge card receipt and stared at it some more. Hesitating, he signed, then said, "I hope I die before I have to pay for the next re-fill."

He wasn't joking. The lady behind the counter said, "Oh, don't ever say that." And she said it in such a way that it was clear she'd heard the same thought before, in different words, from too many of the old folk that come by.

Read more. Short but poignant.

[MountainLaurel]

1. What a powerful statement

Although not particularly surprising considering the state of healthcare in this country, which dares to call itself a Christian nation. Jesus, who told his followers to care for the sick, the poor, and the least among us, would be rolling in his grave if he hadn't been resurrected (if you believe in that sort of thing).

:cry: