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6. McCamy Taylor

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 06:27 PM

Mar 2014

McCamy Taylor

Horrible - just horrible....

Have been a nasty attack of phnumia myself 6-9 mounts ago - well I got Phnumia, kidney problems - and a attack of aridities to boot at the same time - I know how bad the body could be . I even ended up in a hospital for 3 weeks - as my kidneys was not to well - and my phnumia was rather serious - not just another bronchitis I have had a few times over the last couple of years... And if I was living in US, I would either be dead -or burden with debt I would never be able to pay back...

I'm not sure how much the hospital stay was cost me, but I would guess it was into the ten of thousands - but thankfully in the country where I live, we have something Universal Health Care - where you correctly assumed pay a higher tax base than in the US - but at least I was not going broke for getting life saving health care, both for my phnumia and for my kidney problems - who was rather serious - have been true no less than 3 operations so far to stabilize the whole thing - and now I'm off to another surgery next Wednesday to fix the problems once and for all (I'm not sure what it is called in english, but it is fairly routine operations compared to many other things - hopefully they will not cut me in two )

It is barbaric to deny poor people medicines they might need, if they get sick - because the medicines is to "expensive" for them - it should be outright criminal to deny any sick person their treatment - that be with medicines - or operation procedures - everyone who want to deny their right should be convicted on crimes against humanity - and put in a prison cell for the rest of their natural life - and that everyone on the cell block would know why they was in prison...

I think I told about my experience with universal health care too, I suspect it is amiable somewhere on DU..

Hopefully US wil also get univeral health care sometime down the road - but I guess it wil take many years and many dead pepole before that wil happend... Barbaric... Just Barbaric...

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Poor Folks in the U.S. Can No Longer Afford Treatment for Pneumonia [View all] McCamy Taylor Mar 2014 OP

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1

Thanks for this info - we'll be looking into it. The FDA and Dept. of Commerce erronis Mar 2014 #2

This is an important topic and an illuminating post. As a career hospital administrator .... Scuba Mar 2014 #3

+1 well said lunasun Mar 2014 #40

At Meijer stores here in Indiana (and presumably elsewhere), most common antibiotics are free. NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #4

Some stores in Ga. have it free. 840high Mar 2014 #17

crucial information G_j Mar 2014 #5

McCamy Taylor Diclotican Mar 2014 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #7

This could qualify for the stupidest post of the day! Marrah_G Mar 2014 #8

Antibiotics for pneumonia, bad. Kale, good. uppityperson Mar 2014 #10

Stupid! You gotta be kidding-my daughter died due to lack of medical care Stargazer99 Mar 2014 #26

The post I was commenting on was hidden Marrah_G Mar 2014 #28

I am sorry to hear that, Was this recent? n/t hollysmom Mar 2014 #29

Thanks for posting this malaise Mar 2014 #9

unbridled capitalism and health care rafeh1 Mar 2014 #11

There is another pretty common drug that is too expensive passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #12

Hi passiveporcupine.. In Ontario albuterol is called salbutamol , brand name is Ventolin. nenagh Mar 2014 #30

Ventolin is our generic brand. It is the cheapest brand I can get here. And it is almost $50/mo passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #33

Might not work for everyone but if you can get a neb machine McCamy Taylor Mar 2014 #31

I have a nebulizer and I use it often, but it's not with me when I am away from my house. passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #34

I heard they changed to CFC free arikara Mar 2014 #44

Pulmicort is a steriod, not albuterol passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #47

Thanks for the article and link. unapatriciated Mar 2014 #13

Keep posting, keep posting. grasswire Mar 2014 #14

Thanks for continuing to speak out on this. How many illnesses are not being treated because of the freshwest Mar 2014 #15

So sad (nt) Babel_17 Mar 2014 #16

GREED. Rex Mar 2014 #18

important..rec frwrfpos Mar 2014 #19

I've run into this, too. HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #20

I take propanolol, murielm99 Mar 2014 #41

That's why my kids c-pay was $30.00 instead of the normal glowing Mar 2014 #21

But we have the BEST Health Care in The WORLD....... (for the very RICH). bvar22 Mar 2014 #22

More Take From the Many and Give to the Very Few LarryNM Mar 2014 #23

We NEED he Gov to investigate into why the cost of drugs are escalating so fast. Something crooked Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #24

Thank you for posting this. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #25

CDC finally acknowledged last year how Lyme is greatly underdiagnosed zazen Mar 2014 #27

Cipro is on the $4 list at Fred's and several other pharmacies. moriah Mar 2014 #32

I have an overseas, online pharmacy that I use. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #35

And the TPP is likely to make it even worse with the new protections for drug patents, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #36

The $4 lists will be gone soon. KatyaR Mar 2014 #37

My Armour Thyroid went up to $15.95. murielm99 Mar 2014 #42

KnR Hekate Mar 2014 #38

Mandatory, for-profit health insurance doesn't solve a damn thing. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #39

I recall reading somewhere Turbineguy Mar 2014 #43

So grateful that the 2009 health care reform efforts of everyone from truedelphi Mar 2014 #45

Yes, I remember. NCarolinawoman Mar 2014 #48

Capitalism will kill us all! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2014 #46