“I have not heard, read, or seen any evidence that Obama’s mother was not a U.S. citizen.”
I haven’t done the calculations. I too have seen no evidence she wasn’t born a citizen, but she did spend an inordinate amount of her working life outside of the US. To qualify for SS and Medicare, you have to have a minimum number of quarters of earnings.
So despite being a citizen, it’s possible she would have been technically ineligible for Medicare. Also, Medicare only available to those 65+ (which she wasn’t, to my knowledge) or permanently disabled (which possibly she was, but I don’t know enough about her illness/end of life to state this with certainty: there’s a minimum 4 months to qualify for SS Disability, so until she qualified for that, Medicare would not have been in the picture etc.).
I agree. First of all, ovarian cancer is a deadly form to begin with. But my father recently passed away from cancer after it went to his bones. He had medicare, plus Blue Cross, and he still went into debt with medical bills. Its going to happen to anyone who needs sustained care. But that doesn’t mean we should be denied the best quality care they can give us.
If they cost of treatment can be lowered, that would be great...but don’t take it away from us just because we might go into debt from it. Maybe Zero should regroup & consider this. His deep seeded hatred for this country is going to bring us all down.