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Man robs bank to get medical care in jail!

Postby SultanOfSwing » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:55 am

Smart guy, good for him, I'll probably do the same thing if they denied me from medical care. :lol:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... re-in-jail


Some people who need medical care but can't afford it go to the emergency room. Others just hope they'll get better. James Richard Verone robbed a bank.

Earlier this month, Verone (pictured), a 59-year-old convenience store clerk, walked into a Gaston, N.C., bank and handed the cashier a note demanding $1 and medical attention. Then he waited calmly for police to show up.

He's now in jail and has an appointment with a doctor this week.

Verone's problems started when he lost the job he'd held for 17 years as a Coca Cola deliveryman, amid the economic downturn. He found new work driving a truck, but it didn't last. Eventually, he took a part-time position at the convenience store.

But Verone's body wasn't up to it. The bending and lifting made his back ache. He had problems with his left foot, making him limp. He also suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis.

Then he noticed a protrusion on his chest. "The pain was beyond the tolerance that I could accept," Verone told the Gaston Gazette. "I kind of hit a brick wall with everything."

Verone knew he needed help--and he didn't want to be a burden on his sister and brothers. He applied for food stamps, but they weren't enough either.

So he hatched a plan. On June 9, he woke up, showered, ironed his shirt. He mailed a letter to the Gazette, listing the return address as the Gaston County Jail.

"When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me," Verone wrote in the letter. "This robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body."

Then Verone hailed a cab to take him to the RBC Bank. Inside, he handed the teller his $1 robbery demand.

"I didn't have any fears," said Verone. "I told the teller that I would sit over here and wait for police."

The teller was so frightened that she had to be taken to the hospital to be checked out. Verone, meanwhile, was taken to jail, just as he'd planned it.

Because he only asked for $1, Verone was charged with larceny, not bank robbery. But he said that if his punishment isn't severe enough, he plans to tell the judge that he'll do it again. His $100,000 bond has been reduced to $2,000, but he says he doesn't plan to pay it.

In jail, Verone said he skips dinner to avoid too much contact with the other inmates. He's already seen some nurses and is scheduled to see a doctor on Friday. He said he's hoping to receive back and foot surgery, and get the protrusion on his chest treated. Then he plans to spend a few years in jail, before getting out in time to collect Social Security and move to the beach.

Verone also presented the view that if the United States had a health-care system which offered people more government support, he wouldn't have had to make the choice he did.

"If you don't have your health you don't have anything," Verone said.

The Affordable Care Act, President Obama's health-care overhaul passed by Congress last year, was designed to make it easier for Americans in situations like Verone's to get health insurance. But most of its provisions don't go into effect until 2014.

As it is, Verone said he thinks he chose the best of a bunch of bad options. "I picked jail."
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Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:13 am

If that had been a sibling of mine, I would've kicked her ass!!
Because you don't want to be a burden to your family, you become
a burden of the state and humiliate your family?!? Effin' Dumb~ass!!
No sympathy!! He should've gone to Gaston Memorial ...

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Postby Andrew » Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:31 am

The world (and some countries) just get sillier by the week. What's wrong with the system when people have to resort to this?
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Postby donnaplease » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:12 pm

Some people just can't cope. When I was in nursing school, during my psych rotation at a mental hospital I sat in on a group session and a man talked about repeatedly breaking the law so he would be re-hospitalized because he couldn't deal with the pressures of maintaining a job and dealing with the everyday stressors of life. It was just easier for him to be care for by the 'system'. I don't know whether to pity him or despise him... :?
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Postby conversationpc » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:43 am

Andrew wrote:The world (and some countries) just get sillier by the week. What's wrong with the system when people have to resort to this?


Much more than likely, he didn't have to resort to it. If he'd have put as much effort into finding assistance as he did planning some stupid bank robbery, he probably would've gotten the help he needed.
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Postby SultanOfSwing » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:46 am

Andrew wrote:The world (and some countries) just get sillier by the week. What's wrong with the system when people have to resort to this?


Only in America Andrew! :oops:
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Postby artist4perry » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:33 am

Andrew wrote:The world (and some countries) just get sillier by the week. What's wrong with the system when people have to resort to this?


Drew, it is not that hard to get care, you can go to the ER and get help and pay the hospital a small monthly fee, and sometimes they have hardship coverage, (they don't tell you this, but if you talk to them you would find out) sometimes erasing the debt outright. I have been in a situation with no insurance. I still pay a small payment every month and it is almost paid off. It has no interest so you only pay what you owe.

Sounds like one of those stories told to push through an agenda. Either that or he wanted to "Make a statement" instead of doing what most folks do if they are in a bad situation. Go through proper channels to get help. :roll:
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Postby scarab » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:05 pm

have awesome insurance and still have been sent home from the ER with massive pain with a puke bag in a taxi i paid for because the kicked me out.
ER's are a joke for those who need to be diagnosed for non life threatening illnesses.

Major Props for this guy for doing what it takes in America to see some who can treat his pain. God willing I will see that day as well.
Its all pass the buck in the US.
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Postby artist4perry » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:16 pm

scarab wrote:have awesome insurance and still have been sent home from the ER with massive pain with a puke bag in a taxi i paid for because the kicked me out.
ER's are a joke for those who need to be diagnosed for non life threatening illnesses.

Major Props for this guy for doing what it takes in America to see some who can treat his pain. God willing I will see that day as well.
Its all pass the buck in the US.


Do you have a clinic where you live? Most have help for folks without insurance. It never hurts to ask. You would be surprised what is available. I have been there. ER's sometimes have little patience with people in non emergency status. Clinics during the day would be better if it is not life threatening.
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Postby scarab » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:29 pm

with kick *ss insurance takes days and even weeks to see a doctor, then weeks/months to see a specialist.

Medical system is a joke in the US, only good for the rich, while i pay thousands for my health insurance.

more should follow this guys lead.

so many chronic pain sufferers in this country and the only answer at most ER;s is here, take this pill.


someday we will all have good healthcare, rich, poor, and like my, a full time working for 25 years with great insurance.

i know i dream, but this guy did what it took, and i applaud him.
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