“Best Health Care in the World” 1
More than 2,000 people, many traveling by BART and bus from the East Bay and beyond, waited for hours on end. Some arrived as
Their swollen jaws, painful grimaces and reluctant smiles gave them away.
“I’ve been in line since 5 a.m., and I’m not leaving,” said Carrie Flores, 49, of San Jose, who was hoping a dentist inside the cavernous tent building behind the San Jose McEnery Convention Center would extract two or three of her back teeth and maybe save another. She’s been in so much pain she can’t sleep or eat any solid food.
Also, pigs, wings.
May 19, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Like I wrote, my parents — who were full of bullshit about “America” — had the best healthcare money could buy. Only occasionally do I wish they were still alive so I could mock them over it. Corporate America bred the capacity for empathy out of the place, replacing it with a bootlicker’s paradise.