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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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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.