Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Luigi Had a Point

In what First World reality can it be that a kid gets condemned to living without a hand because it's not medically necessary? But that's just what happened to Remi Bateman and other kids, who have had to rely on the charity of others in order to have a working second hand.

Here's what should happen: Those who deny claims for an adaptive device should have to live for two months with that disability to get a taste of what that's like.

It's not just medical necessity, it's economic necessity. And not just for them, for society as a whole. The recipients are likely to be more productive. which is better for them, their families, and the rest of us.

5 comments:

Riverboat Grambler said...

Dems have been burying this issue for decades on behalf of their health insurance lobbyist buddies. The only time they ever whip themselves into fighting shape is to take down anyone who threatens for-profit healthcare.

Stewart Dean said...

Butbutbut....billionaires got get more billions, capital gets lonely by itself, profit growth has gotta be exponential or no bonuses, (boo-hiss) and then there's the evil pleasure of the Henry Potter things of crushing little people. All profit and payoff to the Boss; it's the American Way.

CenterPuke88 said...

2 months…try 2 decades, at least.

Eck! said...

Err I'm confused. The Dems created and pushed the ACA, it
was the Rethugs that made it a big mess and want to kill it.
Same for Medicare, Medicaid... So the Dems are hiding the
denials. There is some kind of fake info being promoted
here and re-aimed at that..

So the "Dems did it" qualifies as wild assertion.


Eck!

Jones, Jon Jones said...

Citizens United granted human rights to corporations. Going back EB Misfit's original point - can you execute one or jail on?