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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow ironic: Jim Robinson receiving Government Healthcare at this hour
Because he is a human being and we are human beings, we wish some relief to Jim Robinson's suffering. However, here is the situation:
Jim Robinson is at a VA hospital at this hour. He was scheduled for a long-planned operation to have his remaining leg amputated today, but he suffered some setbacks in his condition. He was in the ER due to dehydration and other symptoms. He is now stable in intensive care. The operation is postponed to tomorrow.
Such ironic timing, as American healthcare hangs in the balance in Washington. (Even though Obamacare WILL begin tomorrow whether the House passes a clean bill or the Senate has to continue blocking GOP delay bills.) Truth is stranger than fiction.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)If he earned healthcare as a result of his service to his country (I have no idea what form it took), then he is not a moocher. But he would still be accurately termed a "taker", even if he is taking what the country has agreed is appropriate for veterans like him.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Response to struggle4progress (Reply #4)
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struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)....in misery for those less fortunate, fuck him.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Most people requiring help for serious problems, of one sort or another, will fail any number of "worthiness" tests
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)I don't need to extend my sympathy to them.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)I consider it a major societal mistake to discuss worthiness in cases where people require major care
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)This man is enjoying the hard work of the federal government, saving his rather miserable life, while he shits on others.
I'm sorry, I don't need to feel sympathy for him, and you can't convince me otherwise. Have a good evening.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Why let them operate on you? Pay for a non-government hospital to operate--out of your own pocket, of course, but it's the PRINCIPLE. Stick to your principles, man!!
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Can't get on board with the hatred thing. Sorry.
A person in the medical field is supposed to see a human being, nothing more. I'll go with that.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)It's just pointing out the irony. Which seems to make you uncomfortable.
I extend no sympathy to him, however. His life will be saved, and all he'll do is go on shitting on others less fortunate.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)shireen
(8,333 posts)I may disagree with his views at a deeply visceral level, but I'd never wish him ill. I hope he recovers quickly. No one deserves to suffer like that.
MADem
(135,425 posts)If the doctor is a civilian, he might not be regarded as "key and essential."
Who is his 2nd in command?
xfundy
(5,105 posts)I could understand how that would vex him.
Not really, events like this are horrible.
I wish him no ill. I wish him no good, either.
But he and his crowd attacked Max Cleland, a True American hero, and multiple amputee.
Karma's a bitch, apparently.