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To: Cogito who wrote (134804)	3/25/2010 2:45:47 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543079

<<<I think the phrase "die in the streets" clouds this issue.>>> It was a figure of speech sort of meant to be disruptive. There is too much of this sweeping under the rug thing going on as it is. I am not equating homeless people to people without hc insurance, but just consider that problem. We normally walk by and just forget the problem exists. I am no better than anyone else. I don't do anything to find out even how these people actually die. Do they just not wake up one morning and people come by and just take them away somewhere? I think people do just die in the streets. The gist of what I am trying to say is that in polite society we are not suppose to bring up these unpleasant situations. We pretend that 50 million people without healthcare insurance are all taken care if only they were more responsible citizens. The fact that studies show 45,000 people without hc insurance die sooner is just a number. A number that is 15 times the number of people who died at the wtc 911 does not resonate. We would like to think they all died with dignity. But we really don't know. Out of sight, out of mind is a much better mantra. Purposely offending people is not what I am about. It is not something I try to do - but I seem to be pretty good at it.