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There’d be much more charity health care if they government would stay out of the way. A truly free way of helping the dirt poor.
posted by Jake on 8-10-2009 at 10:25 am
??? …because there was so much more charity health care before the government got involved in 1964?
posted by Miss Cellania on 8-10-2009 at 10:43 am
Sorry Miss C., i had to do it. I saw the potential, and well, i wasn’t disappointed…
Thousands of people live up to receive free vision and dental care in Appalachia. 4,000 teeth were pulled in three days from the mouths of people who can’t afford regular dental checkups.
Appalachian living, my vision was in 1000, free dental treatment. Dentist, teeth 4000, with his mouth on a regular basis, many people can pull out.
Appalachian life, my vision of the year 1000 is a free dental treatment. Dentists in his mouth, the teeth 4000 on a regular basis, many people can draw.
posted by Steven on 8-10-2009 at 12:26 pm
Steven! You’ve been Translation Partying for days now!
posted by Miss Cellania on 8-10-2009 at 12:33 pm
It’s amazing that an estimated hundred left because they couldn’t afford to wait.
Ok, speaking from a personal level, and very serious, I know first hand how these people are feeling. I have no medical insurance, and hardly enough of an income to go to regular doctor visits. I haven’t seen a dentist in roughly three years now. I take great care of my body because of those reasons, but i still have those incidents. Last Halloween at a bonfire, i accidentally burned my cornea, cut my brow, and had bruising from an accident involving the fire. I went to the ER and got treated. That bill for the visit is still unpaid and now sits in collections and on my credit report. Last month, my foot was run over by a forklift (thankfully it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. i was very lucky). I decided not to go to the hospital because i couldn’t afford the financial beatdown. I’m glad to say that it’s healed and no major damage was done that i know of right now. But it’s just the accumulation of these things that prevent people like me from being able to advance. The collection of debt will prevent me from getting a loan that i need to attend college, which in combination with my debt/credit will prevent me from landing a better job, which would help me pay off my debt faster. It’s a dizzying vortex of of financial stress that millions are experiencing.
Part 2. I work for an agency i will keep nameless and locationless, but i will say that it is government funded. We do a lot of service work for the public, and offer free clinics. I’m very proud of what i do, but i also realize that it’s still the public’s money, so it’s technically not “free.” I also know of some programs such as welfare that help the truly needy, but have an income cutoff limit that, at these days, are completely unreasonable. I don’t know of anyone who can live off of 20,000, let alone 15,000.
(and yes, Translation Party is very addictive. I didn’t play with it much this weekend, but i will admit that during my conversations with people, some of the things that were said, I envisioned the phrase being processed, haha)
posted by Steven on 8-10-2009 at 1:29 pm
??? …because there was so much more charity health care before the government got involved in 1964?
posted by Really on 8-10-2009 at 1:36 pm
Translation party is awesome! You go, Steven!
posted by Hyacinth on 8-10-2009 at 2:14 pm