This Made Me Cry, For a Variety of Reasons

Dec 26, 2009 16:27

Because he was laid off and about to lose his health coverage, a 39 year-old Milwaukee man enlisted in the army, so his wife of 22 years could continue her chemotherapy.

It's a huge act of kindness, and a decision no one should have to make. It really makes me think about the state of US healthcare, and also of some of the men in the ch-ch-chain of fools I've hooked up with in the past. With some of those guys, I'd have been lucky if they would have pissed on me if I was on fire.

sacrifices, politics, current events, government, love, men, health insurance, ex-boyfriends, army, news, military, cancer

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