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07-02-2009, 07:56 PM #1
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07-02-2009, 08:34 PM #2
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Amazing. He's very lucky to have some non-family folks who care enough to raise money. He has good spirits.
Hard to understand a state (Virgina) that doesn't even offer Medicaid to low-income folks. Are there other states like that???
What is the mortality rate of Virginia as a result, if such folks don't receive Medicaid?
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07-02-2009, 08:59 PM #3
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you misread.
"Virginia is one of eight states that do not allow Medicaid -- a program to help low-income people obtain health care -- to be used for assisted living services, according to the Assisted Living Federation of America. "2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
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07-02-2009, 09:27 PM #4
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Understandable. Shooting's Canadian, a country where you don't have to have a fundraiser to raise money for a 107 year olds health care.
Ooops, I'd better not politicize this thread.
I'm going to go off and see if I can try to do his workout, lift an 8 kilogram ball in a basket over his head 20 times a day. Something to strive for at half his age
"Ask Larry Haubner for the secret to living 107 years, and the Fredericksburg man flexes his biceps, flashes a mostly toothless smile and growls. "Nutrition!" he bellows. "Exercise! I think we should all exercise more than we do.""Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
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07-02-2009, 10:01 PM #5
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uh..there is fundraising at times since not everything health care here, is funded by tax dollars.
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Understandable. Shooting's Canadian, a country where you don't have to have a fundraiser to raise money for a 107 year olds health care.
Ooops, I'd better not politicize this thread.
Maybe cycling lots is not necessarily live up to age 107 (good grief, hard to imagine) but suffer less when we get old/naturally frail.
But always good to read about someone really old ..and not suffering so deeply health-wise.
Last edited by shootingstar; 07-02-2009 at 10:11 PM.
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07-03-2009, 05:50 AM #6
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That was such a great read! What a great guy- 107 and still going strong. Who plans to live to 107 or longer? Not me, that's for sure.
I liked this statement:
"Well, I ate the cake," he said of his latest birthday celebration. "But I don't believe cake is a good food."
I hope they can help him stay there until he passes on. I know I'd hate to be stuck in a nursing home, and I'm sure he would too.Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
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