PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE KILLS!

SHAME, SHAME ON THE PA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM!!!!!!!!

I just heard on the news that a 20-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, who survived a liver transplant a few years ago, is enduring constant pain, and has to take hundreds of dollars a month of medicines to stay alive was rewarded for his efforts by the PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. His monthly income was $1176 - $76 OVER the limit for Medical Assistance. So, without regard for his particular situation, THE GOVERNMENT HE SERVED FOR 20 YEARS CUT OFF HIS HEALTH BENEFITS OVER $76 A MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This gentleman, after enduring years of painful recovery from his transplant, walked into a hospsital emergency room bathroom and shot himself in the head because he knew that he would no longer be able to buy his medicine and that he did not want to put his wife through any more.

Enough said.

The person who "signed off" on the notification letter, well......one can only hope that he/she is able to come to terms with this in some way. There are simply no words to say over a situation such as this. This person was "only doing his/her job" and was "following the rules under the system."

My sympathies lie with this police officer's wife and family, with the people at the hospital who found him, and - believe it or not - with the person who simply "signed off" on the termination notice.

$76 a month - that's the going price for a human life in PA!