Former Star reporter Finn Bullers becomes face of KanCare fight

[SomeGuyInEagan]

"Finn Bullers, a former Kansas City Star reporter, is making headlines for his fight against KanCare, the state’s Medicaid privatization plan, which he says will kill him. He was the subject on a Pitch cover story about KanCare’s impact on the poor, and has been featured by just about every news outlet in the city.

Bullers suffers from a rare form of muscular dystrophy and requires round-the-clock care. The state wants to reduce the number of hours a caretaker oversees Bullers – by 75 percent, according to KCUR – something he told a state panel could have deadly consequences.

“I hate to sound that dramatic,but if this tube comes off I’ve got two minutes tops — and then I die,” he said, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal."

entire read:
http://mediakc.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/former-star-reporter-finn-bullers-becomes-face-of-kancare-fight/

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Finn worked on the Obama campaign

He sounds like a great guy. This is a really sad story.

[greymattermom]

2. Brownback death panels

We've got to start using that language. It's true.

[SheilaT]

3. He exemplifies the Republican Health Care Plan.

1. Don't get sick.

2. If you get sick, die fast.

In his case, if the tube comes out he dies fast, proof that the RHCP works exactly as advertized.

The lack of compassion is just staggering. Don't any of these people ever know someone with some sort of serious medical thing going on?