This is what Healthcare is really like in America.

[Cattledog]

Link to tweet

[area51]

1. Horrific and angering.

Single-payer right fscking now.

[OnDoutside]

2. Yes, a colleague of my relation worked as a nurse for

a West Palm Beach hospital, and when she got cancer, they fired her because she was taking too much time off for chemo. She had no savings left to pay for her health coverage, and couldn't pay for her drugs. She died. What a sick society.

[Scarsdale]

3. The multimillionaires in DC

do not see any problem. Cheney got his heart, McCain gets plenty of cancer treatments, Scalise was well taken care of after being shot (unlike most average citizens). I was going to say send this to Lyin' Ryan and McConnell, but they do not care about any of us. It is disgraceful that this is happening in this country.

[tiptonic]

4. Can we

Can we say, population control? Healthcare is just for the wealthy. When will you people wake up?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Actually, the dialysis is paid for.

It's the transportation she can't afford. That's very different.

Link to another DU discussion about this.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029862489

[questionseverything]

6. in illinois medicaid pays for rides (at least for children)

it should be the same everywhere

heathcare is a human right

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Yes, transportation to dialysis should be provided.