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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:37 PM Dec 2014

Nurse without insurance in Texas. Just don't know what to say

My mom's nurse called yesterday. She would not be able to come to the house because she injured her ribs and was in pain.

Today, she called again. She's still not able to work because she thinks she cracked a couple of ribs in a fall.

She can't go to a doctor because she has no insurance herself, so she's trying to tough it out with pain medications on her own...

Did I mention this was Texas?

Probably can go without saying.

Sigh.

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Nurse without insurance in Texas. Just don't know what to say (Original Post) Xipe Totec Dec 2014 OP

Courageous lady. raging moderate Dec 2014 #1

No health care worker should ever have to live without health care Xipe Totec Dec 2014 #3

she should call Rick's office to complain. Ilsa Dec 2014 #2

You would be surprised how many nurses don't have insurance Runningdawg Dec 2014 #4

raging moderate

(4,304 posts)

1. Courageous lady.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:40 PM

Dec 2014

Awful.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

3. No health care worker should ever have to live without health care

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:48 PM

Dec 2014

It should be an entitlement.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

2. she should call Rick's office to complain.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:42 PM

Dec 2014

If she quit work she could get medicaid, but pRick likes torturing the working poor.

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)

4. You would be surprised how many nurses don't have insurance

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:22 PM

Dec 2014

I am retired now, but I once worked for a hospital whose specialty was kidney disease. I usually did 4-6 transplants a day.
Transplants were NOT covered by their insurance plan.

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