One of the "Special Happinesses" of being poor.

[Utopian Leftist]

7. Thank you for sharing this.

You are most definitely not alone.

I live below the poverty level on Social Security Disability and just blew the last of my savings in Tijuana going to the dentist. Last year, I had to sell my car, which was my only means of transportation other than public. Just to pay for the dental care I get in Tijuana at one third the price I would pay in California.

Going to a dentist in America has become a laughing matter: the dentists laugh at me and tell me to go elsewhere, because I have no insurance except for the meager (insulting) crap that comes with my Medicare HMO, and no other way to pay their outrageous, exorbitant fees!

Despite all this, according to the State of California, I make too much money to qualify for Denti-Cal, our state's ONLY dental assistance to the poor.

Bruce Springsteen sang, a few years back, about how America "takes care of our own." Except that we don't. We just don't. In America, you're on your own. If you weren't born with a silver spoon up your ass, you are really, really, sadly on your own.