Bawwww, we'll have to pay for poor people like this!

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In the Great Recession, Even Death Is Too Expensive for the Poor

Editor's Note: This story was written for New America Media as the first in a series of columns by Dr. Sanjay Basu called A Doctor's Word, exploring the impact of the recession on health care for poor people. It appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle's Insight and on SFGate.com.

Comments

[kitanabychoice]

I don't even know what to say here. It is just too awful for words.

[doverz]

Beyond disgusting that the "best nation in the world" does horrible shit like this to their citizens.

[thepuddingcook]

This is beyond fucked up. This nation run by old white dudes doesn't care about anyone who isn't, and it's killing my generation. Literally, it seems.

[maenads_dance]

I can't believe I didn't know that medicaid programs limited the number of prescriptions patients were allowed to be on. What is the rationale for that? I mean, do legislators think those awful, awful poor people are just popping expensive pills for the fun of it?

[seasight]

Probably just plain old budget issues. What you can do to fix it is tweak the budget. But that'll never happen.

[very_veggie]

This is so beyond awful, that poor woman.