Poor victims on roof thought they'd have to pay for rescue

[HEyHEY]

Anyone else see this from CNN?

Quite the society we're running

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/scene.blog/index.html

[spuddonna]

1. Actually, I read somewhere that people were paying to get in boats

I'll try to find my link...

[wildeyed]

2. I dunno, we charge for an ambulance ride.

This is a real problem for many poor americans, especially those with chronic health conditions. Not so far-fetched that folks think you would have to pay for rescue.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. True

And when you're poor, with no health insurance, the bill for the ambulance and even a few stitches is shockingly high. I'm not surprised at all. My wife even speculated about this earlier (we both grew up pretty poor, so we have the sensibility still, I guess).

[stray cat]

3. Wow - I never thought of that - its almost an obvious concern.

[leftofthedial]

5. it's the ownership society

and they don't own a helicopter