Why do people with medical bills think they should be able to get out of personal responsibility?

by **darrick34** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:10 am

Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills.

The frightful experience of Kerry Burns, of Coventry, R.I., raised a crucial question of bankruptcy law: should people going broke due to high medical bills get a break over those bankrupted by divorce or high credit card bills?

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chaired the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on his bill to carve out an exception for people whose medical bills were the main cause of their financial distress.

Whitehouse's approach was backed by Elizabeth Edwards, a cancer patient and wife of former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. Representatives of conservative think tanks argued no special status was justified.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwaYwD3TqUe18gwxI-02jW8BT8KgD9BF177G0

"Waah! Our son died and we still have to pay for his medical bills and we can't pay them! Waah!"

Maybe your ungrateful dead son should have thought of that before getting cystic fibrosis. FACT.

by **artzai** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:18 am

You spin a sad yarn, but the reality is my responsibility is to take care of my family. My responsibility does not include taking care of you, because you feel entitled to my money and because you want someone else to take care of you. I'm tired of hearing all these sad stories and hypotheticals, when the reality is you are only looking out for your own self interest. You want something for nothing.

by **fitche** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:22 am

Good god but you are an asshole dude!

by **veto** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:27 am

Troll.

by **philibert63** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:33 am

Good. Thank you for showing the essential belief of republicans. Whether you are mocking them or not, that's pretty much what they believe.

by **arrigo** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:34 am

They don't. Anything else I have to say would be very rude.

by **ricki** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:55 am

You are an idiot. Not only are you an idiot but you are an insensitive one also. I would hope that one day you never get a medically fragile child. You apparently have no idea the devastation it can cause financially and emotionally. Idiot.

by **shashank** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:00 am

This is a joke, right? Where are the cameras?

by **winfrid12** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:03 am

Because debt due to high charging on your credit card is usually your fault. Debt due to medical bills is never your fault. It's (almost) never your fault when you get an illness that wracks up the medical bills. Why should someone with a devastating illness, or someone with a family member with a terminal illness, be punished? Haven't they been punished enough?

by **larenzo** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:18 am

Because debt due to high charging on your credit card is usually your fault. Debt due to medical bills is never your fault. It's (almost) never your fault when you get an illness that wracks up the medical bills. Why should someone with a devastating illness, or someone with a family member with a terminal illness, be punished? Haven't they been punished enough?

Nice sarcasm sir. It is sarcasm right?

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