An American robs a bank of $1, just for free health care in jail

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James Verone, robbed an RBC bank on Thursday of last week. He had no gun but handed the teller a note that said, “This is a bank robbery, please only give me one dollar.” Then he said, I’ll be sitting here on the chair waiting for the police. So, why did he do everything he could to get arrested? He says he did it for medical reasons. Verone has a growth on his chest, two ruptured discs and a problem with his left foot. At 59 years old, no job and a depleted bank account, he thought jail was the best place he could go for medical care and a roof over his head. Verone is hoping for a three-year sentence.
As his fellow American, I have to say, our national health care is in a very sad state.


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Errrr... If he's destitute he'd qualify for medicaid. Someone should of told him that before opting into the PENAL-RENAL system...
 
Desperate times call for desperate measure's and he did what he thought was his last resort. Either that or die simple choice if you ask me. Sounds like he even robbed the place with dignity.
 
Many men in his position would have chosen suicide. Just saying. I respect him even though there were other non-suicide alternatives... If his goal was to make a point he did a pretty good job, and who knows how this will play out in court.
 
That is so sad. At his age and with his health problems who would hire him ? I can almost see how this will pan out. He'll get probation and the media blitz on it will get all the help he needs.
 
What's awesome is now we get to pay 30k a year for him so that the private prison industry can get its cut and he just made it that much harder to get a job for himself, so less future tax revenue for us as well.

This is what happens when society refuses to protect someone's liberty.
 
Whatever happened to that health service Obama supposedly introduced? Wasn't that free, even to bums with no jobs?
 
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