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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: noscopebacon
Then why give someone extra points gor their racial background? I hate to tell you this but it very much is rooted in the idea of equity and race. If I were not phone posting I would look it up, the reason rests on being part of historically disadvantaged groups.
originally posted by: noscopebacon
a reply to: The2Billies
thats not true at all
i lived in a big US city and worked in a big metro hospital and i would say most of the black people had AT LEAST MEDICAID if not MEDICARE and then there would be white people working 2 jobs with no insurance and they didn't qualify for Medicaid because they 'made to much money'.
the fact of life is that some people just have better luck or even via a bad life circumstance they get healthcare for free.
where as the responsible working person in the next bed cant afford private insurance and cant get government assistance because they are above some arbitrary pay amount.
originally posted by: noscopebacon
a reply to: TrollMagnet
what about the rest of my post ill copy and paste it for you to read again.
when i worked in a hospital when i got home, SOOOOOO many elderly black people with their tows, legs, fingers arms etc were rotting off and i would ask them about their dite and they would say what they think i wanted to hear but they were like 600lbs in a mobility scooter doing no exercise and having their visitors sneak them junk food.
so imagine that person coming in and than a otherwise healthy teenager on the football team in the prime of his life and just happened to get COVID
who would you give the limited stock of medication to if you could only pick one or the other?
the otherwise healthy teen
or the morbidly obese, diabetic, hypertensive, older person who smokes?
remember you can only choose one.
originally posted by: noscopebacon
a reply to: TrollMagnet
if you read my posts
doctors don't give two craps about your skin color.
it is about who they can help and who they cant.
same thing happens with organ donations.
just because you don't like the truth doesn't mean its not true