U.S healthcare and desperation

A 50 year old man holds up a bank and robs it for $1 and then waits for police. He did so to get medical treatment as prisons do provide such treatment at taxpayers' cost.

50-year-old Tim Alsip allegedly robbed an

Oregon bank of $1 then sat down to

wait for police to arrest him.

"The suspect got the dollar and his wish; police arrived and arrested him on robbery charges."

This man is not alone. There are many such cases in U.S where people commit crimes in order to get medical treatment.

Then there are Repug congressmen and women who want to block Obama's healthcare reform. This healthcare reform does not provide public healthcare but it is some improvement on the existing situation. See the CBC story.

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