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Texas woman with Stage 3 cancer sees her insurance premium rise over 700 percent: ‘I’m going to die’
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2026
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My sympathy will depend on who she voted for. Elon said empathy is a sin and the weakness of Western civ.
Most Americans assume they will never get sick. In addition to jacking insurance, Republicans killed all new cancer research so there is no hope for the future.
That's how I would do it if I wanted to cull the seniors of a nation. Cheaper than building gas chambers.