Desperate Times: Man Robs Bank to Get Health Care in Jail
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Two weeks ago Verone walked into a bank and robbed the place of $1. He then sat down and waited for the police to come. After applying for early Social Security and being denied, and struggling to stay healthy with no insurance, Verone decided that going to jail was the only way he could get the help he needed. “The pain was beyond the tolerance that I could accept,” he told his local newspaper.
Consider Verone the latest casualty in America’s battle over health care reform. Even as conservatives try to roll back the expanded coverage provided by President Obama’s health care bill, that expansion isn’t enough to cover everyone. The result is poor people who get sick and can’t afford to get better, and who then become dangerously desperate. In a nation as rich as the United States, Verone’s story is a tragedy.
A tragedy indeed. Click through to read the whole article - the final sentence alone is worth it.
