The most important information is always the information left out. MSNBC Hypes Story of Man Who Robbed Bank for Prison Health Care, Leaves Out Free Health Clinics in His Backyard By Ken Shepherd | June 21, 2011 | 15:53 On June 9, unarmed Gaston County, North Carolina man James Verone help up a bank demanding the sum of $1. After getting the cash from a teller, he patiently waited in the bank for cops to arrive. Twelve days later, MSNBC has picked up on the story as an example of the desperate straits that unemployed, uninsured persons will go for health care. Yet neither anchor Chris Jansing in the 10 a.m. Eastern hour nor Tamron Hall in the 2:00 p.m. hour mentioned that there are low-or-no-charge health clinics in Verone's backyard. A little Web search yields the website for Gaston Family Health Services, Inc., a nonprofit group with seven clinics that claims to "[provide] care to more than 30,000 patients per year (1 in 11 Gaston County citizens), through more than 100,000 clinical encounters." For example, there's the Gaston Family Health Services clinic on West Hudson Boulevard in Gastonia that promises it provides "primary care services for patients who can't afford healthcare." Of course, Verone was also looking for free housing for three years as a way to mooch off the government until he was old enough for Social Security, reported Rad Berky of NBC affiliate WCNC this morning on the station's website: Jansing omitted that fact from her report. For her part, Tamron ran a news package by Berky, who of course included Verone's dream of coasting through life on the taxpayers' dime until he's 62: Verone is clearly delusional, a liar or both, and yet Hall introduced the story by suggesting it was just a logical option one might take, albeit extreme, when unemployed and without health insurance:
They should also do a story on how long it is for appointments to free clinics and that they only provide very basic care.I doubt foot surgery or treatment for protrusions in the chest would be available at one of these clinics.Cancer,heart disease,expensive medication ,expensive medical tests etc ..forget about it Free health clinics for the most part are a joke
Any remaining family members, friends, local church, local community, and local charities SHOULD be the FIRST OPTIONS for health care (after any care provided by non-pay walk ins to local medical facilities and/or hospitals). Feds SHOULD NOT be the health care provider through socialized govt programs........HELL NO!!!
Obviously this guy is a liberal. He doesnt want his family to pay for his medical care, he wants YOUR family to pay for it.
Polls show Canadians and the Brits wouldn't trade their system for ours Sr's will fight to the death for their medicare
Was getting ignored a polling question? UK MAN COLLAPSES IN HOSPITAL & DIES AFTER NURSES IGNORE HIM FOR 10 HRS. Posted on June 9, 2011 at 12:02pm by Jonathon M. Seidl When 41-year-old Peter Thompson arrived in a UK hospital after having a concoction of alcohol and drugs, itâs reasonable to expect that he would have bene treated. He wasnât. Instead, he collapsed on the floor, just 200 yards from the emergency center. And there he lay, for 10 hours, as nurses stepped around him dismissing him as a mere drunk. He died because of the inaction. But adding to the horror is how Thompsonâs body was treated after he died â he was dragged through the hall like âa dead animal,â his family said. The Daily Mail reports: The incident happened at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in April last year where Thompson was a voluntary patient for drug and alcohol programs. When he showed up he had a bottle of Vodka that he refused to surrender. Nurses decided to let him âsleep it off.â The hospital and the family have reached a settlement in the case. âIt seems to me undeniable that the jury came to a conclusion the death was wholly preventable,â a local coroner said during an investigation into the matter. Britain uses a socialized medicine model run by an organization called the NHS.