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THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: Uninsured Man Robs Bank for $1 to Get Access to Medical Care via Prison

Okay, when a man is so desperate for health care coverage that he can only get coverage by being convicted for bank robbery, our society is sliding towards rock bottom!! This is a wake up call. Rock bottom is staring us in the face, America.

STON, N.C -- A North Carolina man suffering from an undiagnosed growth on his chest and two ruptured disks walked into an RBC bank and handed a note to a teller demanding $1. He then sat by the door and waited for police to arrive.

Richard James Verone says he needs medical attention and hoped that by getting arrested, he would have access to health care in prison.

"I'm sort of a logical person and that was my logic, what I came up with," Verone told WCNC. "If it is called manipulation, then out of necessity because I need medical care, then I guess I am manipulating the courts to get medical care."

Three years ago, Verone was laid off from Coca-Cola after 17 years on the job. He says he has had part-time work since then, but nothing with health insurance.

He is hoping for a three-year sentence, enough time to collect social security and obtain the medical help he requires, Verone says.

"If you don't have your health, you don't have anything," he says.

The 59-year-old was unarmed at the time of the incident.

He is being charged with larceny and is held on a $2,000 bond. He will appear in court June 28. (source)

THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: Uninsured Man Robs Bank for $1 to Get Access to Medical Care via Prison

Danielle Belton's The Black Snob - The Snob Blog - President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Into Law

I wonder what legacy will we see behind this? I like the idea of some people who need medical help who hopefully will be able to get it.



Danielle Belton's The Black Snob - The Snob Blog - President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Into Law

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YouTube - McCain And Obama Rematch

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Here is sound byte from an event I didn't get to see all of. I think McCain is still upset he lost the election, but health care is more important than that. I liked how Obama firmly stood his ground in the clip but I hope that they can get this ironed out because we have real people dying because they don't have health insurance or wishing they had died once they get the bill.




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