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marble falls

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9. What you don't know. I've seen people die who did not need to over insurance and who pays for what. ...

Reply to questionseverything (Reply #5)

Wed May 7, 2025, 05:13 PM

May 7

... I lost my Cadillac insurance at 60. Then there were symptoms. I had to go to VA. Am I glad I did. But I was prepared to die and there was nothing I could do about it: except I had enlisted, like only about two or three percent of the country have. All things being equal, except for VA, I would have died.

I posted these two OPs right after my second cancer surgery. I still post the second one about once a year:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212198406

But not this year, it seems. Can't find it. It was by a member called medical admin. I did find his wife's letter when he died because of feuding insurance companies over two events, that timely treatment would have saved his life.

He's on the in memorial page, this is his wife's letter: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002632763

Been closer to it and around and dealt with it a lot more than you think.

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Luigi Mangione's online defense fund surpasses $1 million [View all] riversedge May 7 OP

He's no hero, regardless how corrupt his victim's employer was or wasn't. marble falls May 7 #1

So insurance companies can kill , maim and make miserable millions of people questionseverything May 7 #2

Sure I have. If not for VA, I would have died exactly like that. I have a complaint with a certain insecticide ... marble falls May 7 #3

But you had the va, so you don't understand at all questionseverything May 7 #5

What you don't know. I've seen people die who did not need to over insurance and who pays for what. ... marble falls May 7 #9

While only a small percent of the country has enlisted questionseverything May 7 #13

Did Mangione watch a loved one suffer and die of a treatable disease so an insurance company could make money? onenote May 7 #4

Blood money. Sneederbunk May 7 #6

Mangione suffered from severe back pain. Linda ladeewolf May 7 #7

I'm sure killing someone and serving time will help with his pain. Wait till he gets medically ignored ... marble falls May 7 #11

Yes we know, it's every where questionseverything May 7 #14

Get an all Dem Jury DENVERPOPS May 7 #8

And then when someone takes him out - it was just an irresistible impulse. That's a legal defense. NT 24601 May 7 #10

I'll cover that bet. I most think Democrats will think he chose the wrong venue and tactics to get a rememdy. marble falls May 7 #12

He's gonna get a hung jury. Swede May 7 #15