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ShazzieB

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66. Agreed, with one teensy weensy tweak.

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:53 PM

Jul 1

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When you're poor you tolerate pain, do without meds for chronic illness and take a wait and see attitude when it comes to ~~terminal~~ ALL illnesses.

Growing up, we never had health insurance and were seldom taken to the doctor. Everything was approached with a wait and see attitude. Fortunately, none of us had any chronic or immediately life threatening health problems when I was a kid, except for one bad case of flu that turned i to pneumonia and put me in the hospital when I was thrree. (My parents did, but not until later in life.)

I will never forget the time my sister broke her arm and was screaming in pain, and my mom was afraid to take her to the ER for fear of my dad being angry about the expense. My mom called Dad at work, and his response was, "Why don't you wait and see how she feels tomorrow?" (Easy for him to say when he wasn't directly witnessing how bad off she was.) I finally talked my mom into taking her, and my dad ended up being okay with it, considering it was an actual broken bone.

I've been insured for most of my adult life, but it took me years to learn how to decide what problems warranted seeking medical care and get over the fear of being scolded for taking up a doctor's time unnecessarily. Fortunately, I did get over it eventually.

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Study Names The Worst State For Health Care In America [View all] ShazzieB Jun 30 OP

Rethuglicans DGAF about anyone but themselves and their evil billionaire overlords. OMGWTF Jun 30 #1

Very interesting. But, markodochartaigh Jun 30 #2

i would wager that barbtries Jun 30 #24

Wow! Horror stories involving those 5 bottom states are up and down in the single payer forum ck4829 Jun 30 #3

Thanks for pointing these out. ShazzieB Jul 1 #63

Why aren't Democrats running ads to educate the public? Baitball Blogger Jun 30 #4

Educate? You mean in the Red States? Aristus Jun 30 #5

Comedy would work. Baitball Blogger Jun 30 #6

I dunno about that. Every attempt to have a conservative Daily Show type show has been a miserable failure. generalbetrayus Jun 30 #8

Not a conservative Daily Show. Baitball Blogger Jun 30 #10

"Conservative humor" is an oxymoron. Harker Jun 30 #11

Either one works. 3catwoman3 Jun 30 #33

"plain, easy language, show the numbers" orleans Jun 30 #22

Nothing is going to get the people in Mississippis attention Keepthesoulalive Jun 30 #32

That's not necessarily true for Texas Sweet Freedom Jul 1 #65

I agree with this mountain grammy Jun 30 #13

Now, now... GiqueCee Jun 30 #20

What is running ads going to do ? They are actually living and experiencing it JI7 Jun 30 #29

I can't believe Nebraska isn't near the bottom synni Jun 30 #7

Being # 24 out of 50 isn't exactly something to brag about. generalbetrayus Jun 30 #9

They never heard of Lisinopril? GiqueCee Jun 30 #21

Because of the blue dot, I would think. Cowpunk Jul 1 #62

Let's cite the original article from the Commonwealth Fund erronis Jun 30 #12

Thanks for that link. progressoid Jun 30 #52

Huh, Ohio is 30 out of 50. irisblue Jun 30 #14

I mean, the entire country is beyond shit in this respect, so finding the worst of the worst is splitting hairs...and Karasu Jun 30 #15

Mahalo, ShazzieB! Cha Jun 30 #16

As long as the population keep voting R... Kablooie Jun 30 #17

Cross-linking to another post on this subject. erronis Jun 30 #18

It's very similar to other quality of life graphs BaronChocula Jun 30 #19

Oregon is #13. calimary Jun 30 #23

Funny how those states at the bottom are the ones that Buddyzbuddy Jun 30 #25

Agreed, with one teensy weensy tweak. ShazzieB Jul 1 #66

I agree with your edit and actually considered that before my final version. Buddyzbuddy Jul 1 #68

No more than two-syllable words. James48 Jun 30 #26

I imagine a big chunk of the problem in those bottom states is maternal care... Wounded Bear Jun 30 #27

This is one of the reasons for a demographic shift of talented people out of red states dedl67 Jun 30 #28

Great information. Thank you, ShazzieB! ancianita Jun 30 #30

Iowa will be moving down JT45242 Jun 30 #31

Iowa has Sen.Joni Ernst, self-appointed health oasis Jun 30 #40

Anybody surprised by this? 3catwoman3 Jun 30 #34

Hmmmm - Illinois was only 27th. We live in the greater Chicago area, and there is excellent health care... 3catwoman3 Jun 30 #35

Northwestern has spent BeerBarrelPolka Jun 30 #37

No apology needed. It sounds like you have every reason to rant. 3catwoman3 Jun 30 #46

Thank you BeerBarrelPolka Jun 30 #47

Sounds like your condition is pretty damn urgent. I love the traveling nurses - they are like angels. erronis Jul 1 #59

Thank you so much!! BeerBarrelPolka Jul 1 #67

It is no accident that most of the states in the top half of the chart are run by Democrats. Lonestarblue Jun 30 #36

Free Dumb! BurnDoubt Jun 30 #39

And yet Houston, Texas has the largest medical center in the world dlk Jun 30 #38

Still fighting the civil war. Evolve Dammit Jun 30 #41

They are too busy tring to figure out how to get the South to rise again instead of helping others. mdbl Jun 30 #42

One reason might be the States' decision not to expand Medicaid made available by the Affordable Care Act surfered Jun 30 #43

Make America Texas is their goal MaineBlueBear Jun 30 #44

"It's amazing how (red) states consistently manage to rank at the bottom..." Grins Jun 30 #45

As I noted in an earlier post ... dedl67 Jul 1 #61

Arkansas State Motto: Thank God for Mississippi. TomSlick Jun 30 #48

I knew it would be MS iemanja Jun 30 #49

Yep and Texas Repubs wasted SARose Jun 30 #50

Relative OC375 Jun 30 #51

Is it a coincidence, Massachusetts is at the top bmichaelh Jul 1 #53

Ironically, I think, Mitt Romney should be credited for much of that. RVN VET71 Jul 1 #55

Nina Simone said it Be Leave On Jul 1 #54

yay! texas!!! we can do it! we can become dead last! we just haven't been dying harder!! die harder!!!! Javaman Jul 1 #56

The GOP death cult at work LymphocyteLover Jul 1 #57

My home state is in the middle, but more into a bad rating than a good one. OldBaldy1701E Jul 1 #58

Pretty much a clear line between red and blue states. AllyCat Jul 1 #60

Health Care Ratings gfarber Jul 1 #64