Darrin Bell’s Candorville is an insightful look at family, community and race through the eyes of Lemont Brown, a young black writer. Bell pulls no punches and delves into even the most controversial of issues. The wit and humor of the strip will draw you in.
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RanaRavens said, 4 months ago
Spoken like someone who’s not had a truly awful flu…
Richard S. Russell said, 4 months ago
Reason #3459875 why we need single-payer national health care.
reese828
said, 4 months ago
“Getting sick is part of life. Don’t be afraid of it.” Only a person with employer provided health care could make such an ignorant statement. For those without health insurance or a self-purchased policy that covers next to nothing yet costs plenty, getting sick is something very much to be feared.
Tacopielvr said, 4 months ago
@reese828
Excellent point, thank you & RSR for the great comments.
prrdh said, 4 months ago
@reese828
Why? Are you claiming that the cost of a doctor’s visit will bankrupt anyone who can’t get his or her employer to pay for it?
prrdh said, 4 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
As you know perfectly well (but your faith forbids you to admit even to yourself), single-payer national health care would accomplish essentially nothing.
hippogriff said, 4 months ago
prrdh: No, my time living in Canada forbids me to “admit” your lie is true. My faith compels me to aid the poor.
Gokie5 said, 4 months ago
@prrdh
Not just a doctor’s visit, necessarily. But there have been cases of people being taken to the emergency room for relatively minor injuries or ailments, and winding up with debts of $1,000’s.
rvonluchen said, 4 months ago
I got a flu shot back in October.
Rugeirn Drienborough said, 4 months ago
@prrdh: Try this on for size: you’re feeling inexplicable fatigue. You go to your doctor. He does a simple blood test. You discover you have chronic myelogenous leukemia. You quickly learn that the cost of medication will be $80,000 or more per year for the rest of your life. Believe it, brother; it happened to me. By the way, over the five years that I’ve survived, additional tests and hospital time have added about another $40,000 per year on top of that. If I lived in a country with a civilized health care system, I wouldn’t have to live in fear that I will lose my employer-based health care plan and very possibly lose access to the treatment that keeps me alive. Bone marrow transplant, you say? Try again. 50% mortality rate in 5 years and it also requires expensive ongoing medical care for the rest of your life. Not an option.
reese828
said, 4 months ago
@prrdh
If only it were the doctor’s office visit,but it is all the tests that are run and then the inevitable referral to a specialist for what used to be treated in office. i rarely take my daughter to the pediatrician without getting a referral to someone else. My sister and husband say the same about their doctors. It seems that a simple ailment can’t be treated without a specialist involved. And those costs will substantially eat into a person’s budget especially those without employer provided health insurance. Just a take a look at the charges BEFORE the insurance discount.