How many more deaths will it take?
Right after the devastating and really unexpected re-election of the despised Brownback I was at the doctor's office, talking with an intake clerk. Somehow the conversation got around to the election and how screwed the citizens of KS will continue to be. She quietly confided that her sister had recently died due to the lack of Medicaid expansion here. Her sister required a very expensive medicine to treat a deadly health condition. But the poor woman could not afford to buy the medicine and feed her two children. The family chipped in but it wasn't enough. This is a common but always heartbreaking story. I almost cried with her in sorrow. Because of this personal tragedy she worked like crazy to throw out Brownback. But to no avail. She and her husband are now raising the two kids and looking to move to a less draconian state.
I believe there will be a critical tipping point where even those who normally vote Republican will say "enough" death and destruction. I thought we were there this election, but clearly not.
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