I mean, probably … just wish we knew a little more |
+1 this is what I keep trying to say. We don’t know much at all about him. He didn’t talk to the reporter. |
What law would Texas use to prosecute doctors for performing a c section or inducing a woman? |
We know he was an Army Reserve Soldier. We know he was eligible for Tricare Reserve Select. We know his wife was eligible for Tricare Reserve Select as his dependent. We know foreign born spouses are eligible to be added to DEERS and thus receive Tricare health insurance. We know JAG attorneys will assist-for free- a soldier who needed to navigate the system to add his foreign born spouse to DEERS/Tricare. We know that much. |
There is a process that every dependent must go through to be registered in DEERS and Tricare. There is a process every woman who is pregnant must go through to determine eligibility and be approved for medicaid coverage for healthcare/medical insurance. Everyone in America has to do things like that to have medical insurance. Why do you think that this woman’s husband didn’t know or care about her lack health insurance? He definitely received information on Tricare Reserve Select when he enlisted. Soldiers receive the information they need and are encouraged to take care of their family’s needs, especially important issues related to medical care. We don’t need to have the exact details because every American has to complete paperwork, send in healthcare premiums, check their coverage and deductibles, etc, if they have healthcare insurance. Does anyone posting here not do those things? So if your spouse was dying over a few months time and hospitalized and couldn’t afford their medications, you would not help them obtain medical insurance? |
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We also know they were both young and possibly did not understand how insurance could help. Maybe they thought the nearly $300 out of his paycheck was too much.
I don’t know what happened there, but there are plenty of scenarios that don’t mean he was a loser. Should they have gotten her enrolled in a healthcare plan? Of course. But that is us looking at it from the outside, judging them after the fact, not having the full story/all the details. I know people want to find someone to blame. It’s easy to blame the person we know so little about. But, really, in the end, it was so many little things that added up to disaster based on what we know. |
Everyone is blaming the state of Texas. Texas would have paid for her medicaid. |
I think it didn’t help the situation to be in TX |
She was having pregnancy complications and had no health insurance. What would have been different in another state? |
It always better to have all of the information regarding your health. Women are not entitled to that in Texas. |
This woman didn’t want an abortion. She didn’t need an abortion. She needed health insurance and medication and treatment. Not one article I have read about this situation said she wanted an abortion or an abortion would have saved her life as her condition was treatable with medication and bed rest. |
| Not sure medication and bed rest would have kept her from getting sicker. It might have slowed the deterioration a bit, but it sounds like the biggest problem was that the pregnancy was too much for her body. |
| Maybe they were not legally married and he couldn’t add her in DEERS. |
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“Her medications for diabetes and high blood pressure were more than she could afford as well. Though her OB-GYN warned her about the risks of skipping her blood pressure medications, Glick sometimes avoided taking her medications because they were expensive and made her feel “nauseated and sleepy.”
According to her OB-GYN, not taking the medications put Glick at high risk for a heart attack, stroke, or miscarriage.“ |
I suggested this earlier. Anything is possible. |