soc.veterans

"Taylor" wrote in message
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> "Sid9" wrote in message
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>> April 11, 2008
>>
>> Op-Ed Columnist
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>> Health Care Horror Stories
>>
>> By PAUL KRUGMAN
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>> Not long ago, a young Ohio woman named Trina Bachtel, who was having
>> health problems while pregnant, tried to get help at a local clinic.
>>
>> Unfortunately, she had previously sought care at the same clinic while
>> uninsured and had a large unpaid balance. The clinic wouldn't see her
>> again unless she paid $100 per visit - which she didn't have.
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>> Eventually, she sought care at a hospital 30 miles away. By then,
>> however, it was too late. Both she and the baby died.
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> She didn't have $100 to save her life??? Ridiculous, like all of
> Krugman's articles.
>

When you earn $7/hr, take home #1000 a month, $100 is a the difference
between a place to live and medical care.

Larry