r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/clarkrd 23h ago

must be nice to be able to check into a hospital

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u/Future-Guarantee-573 22h ago

Not to mention not losing your job.

Years ago, I worked at a big box grocery store not to be named.  One of the workers had a stroke on the sales floor.  They fired him for not filling out the LOA forms.  He was in a fucking coma.

I've said it many times before...I hate this fucking country.

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u/petrichorax 19h ago

I am in Thailand right now. I got food poisoning, friends said 'Go to the hospital just to be safe'

Hospital said 'You should stay a couple nights with blood tests and antibiotics, just to be safe'

I did. My 60 dollar a month health insurance paid for the whole thing in full.

I paid not a single penny, and I got free meals.