CBS News last night, this is NOT a feel good story.

[edhopper]

Man donates money anonymously to pharmacy to pay for peoples meds.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-hartman-on-the-road-hody-childress-pays-prescriptions-geraldine-alabama/

It is the story that in America people cannot afford life saving medicine. It is a story of people who keep voting Republicans to run their State despite the fact that they refused to expand Medicaid and provide them with healthcare. And have fought every effort to make drugs more affordable.

It is not a feel good story, it is the story of a country that does not take care of its people and the voters who keep those in power who make it that way.

[onecaliberal]

1. Why would someone pay for meds for people who consistently vote to withhold it from others

Who die because they can’t pay for it, and have no generous person to help?

[mucifer]

2. how do you know how each person votes? I'm curious.

Even in the reddest states people vote for dems.

[onecaliberal]

3. Because I live in a fascist city and I'm a far left blue. There aren't many of us here,

I can guarantee you they’d make sure their money doesn’t go to any liberal. They are killing their own people with COVID to own the libs.

[Zambero]

5. County-by-county vote tallies says it all

The poorest counties in Idaho vote around 75-25 Republican, and in some instances much worse. These are the very people who have little to no access to affordable health care. At the same time, they are "terrified of socialism". The combination of misplaced fear and enforced ignorance is literally killing people.

[onecaliberal]

8. The lack of healthcare has/is still killing a lot of people. Living among people that never masked

But walk around terrified of their own shadow is exhausting.

[CaptainTruth]

24. Effective right-wing messaging (propaganda) is literally killing people.

In a whole lot of ways.

[edhopper]

7. Alabama

over 60% for Trump and almost 70% for Republican Governor Ivey.

Most, by far, vote to deny themselves healthcare.

[paleotn]

11. In some ruby red places, the odds are not in your favor.

I'd bet dollars to donuts most luv them some Trump and have voted R for decades. I use to live in one of those places.

[Wednesdays]

6. No one knows the voting record of the pharmacy customers

For all we know, they may all be Democrats.

[edhopper]

9. Highly improbable

in Alabama.

[paleotn]

16. Northeast corner of AL, outside Ft. Payne. Dekalb County. Alabama 4th US House District.

Right next door to MTG's GA-14. 84% of voters cast their ballots for Trump in 2020. 15% for Joe Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-alabama.html

In 2022, the R incumbent for AL-4 won by, you guessed it, 84% to 15%.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-house.html

I'd bet you dollars to donuts onecaliberal is correct.

[oldsoftie]

13. Maybe because the guy has a bigger heart than you do?

[Shipwack]

23. Thank you! Glad Toto see I'm not the only one who thought this. NT

[Zambero]

4. God, Guns, Gays, and now at a town near you...

No-exception forced birth. Enough bullshit to cloud what's left of the minds of those who are flat-out oblivious to who and what is making their lives miserable. The surefire way to control people is to keep them afraid and stupid. Critical thinking doesn't stand a chance.

[sarcasmo]

10. One of the many reasons our life expectancy has dropped.

[edhopper]

12. Especially

in Red States

[Farmer-Rick]

18. My State's life expectancy is 76 to 77

Compare that to Japan and Hong Kong at over 85. The filthy rich are taking away 9 years of our life so they can make more profit off your health.

We pay for capitalism literally with our lives.

[OMGWTF]

21. Canadians live on average three years longer than Americans

Must have something to do with universal healthcare and a government that's not trying to kill you.

[tiredtoo]

14. Interesting perspective on this. EOM

[dembotoz]

15. the illusion of the white knight who will ride in and save the day is just that

sucks for the folks in the next town over

[Traildogbob]

17. Most of those states

Are so Gerrymandered and eliminate all the voters they can that are smart enough to see the con.
The ones they allow to vote are the most idiotic of idiots that vote Guns and Gawd. Our country for a large part is not as stupid as MAGA, and under this GQP that small percentage will stay in power. And about to get worse with the case in the SC corner right now from North Carolina. That will allow only Legislators to pick winners. The GQP oligarchs have been stacking courts for the ultimate coup for decades. The fruits of their labor are here. And by the time the MAGA’s feel that foreign object up their asses, no vote will matter. Elections will no longer exist. We have a window, right now, and sad to say the damn country is in the hands of Garland and This Supremacy Court.
After a few decades of their rule and their education, the whole damn country will be a stupid as MTG, BooBert Barbie, and all the trump men.
For health are, best make friends with a tribal medicine man and learn to consume natures meds.
Maybe after passing the bill to end Covid to rid us of it, GQP can pass a bill to end heart disease and diabetes.
But for guns, “forget about it”. That disease will continue to spread until it ends our species. As Gawd intended. Why kill all his creations to end humans. No floods or global fires that will end all he created. Let em wipe out themselves and his best creations will thrive.

[eggplant]

19. Orphan Crushing.

Link to tweet

?lang=en

[area51]

20. Similar type of not-feelgood story:

Home Depot workers build a walker for disabled boy as insurance likely would not have paid.

If the govt. insists on keeping the insurance cos. as gatekeepers to healthcare, they need to actually be regulated.

[jaxexpat]

22. They see absolutely no connection with their healthcare woes and voting Republicans into office.

They're convinced government is incapable of helping anything. They sympathize with and support those who rail against government. It is their point of pride.

In the old Confederacy it is wrapped into pride for their "southern heritage", the lost but "valiantly fought" cause. Carrying an undying torch for the defeated is in their DNA along with their refusal to accept black integration into their community.