Oregon's healthcare lottery

Americans love to tell us how advanced they are, how they are the greatest nation on Earth (and yes, it is only Americans saying this).

Then a story like this comes along to illustrate just how cold the American heart can be...

With some 45 million Americans uninsured, how to pay for medical treatment is a big issue in this year's presidential election.

Now officials in Oregon say they have come up with a fair way of providing coverage for some of those who cannot afford it.

In her comfortable home in Portland, Oregon, Louanne Moldovan sifts through a pile of papers.

They are unpaid medical bills, stretching back a year, arising from treatment for Crohn's Disease, the chronic intestinal condition she suffers from. She thinks she owes nearly $15,000 (£7,500) in all.

Louanne says she is looking for full-time employment but, she adds, her earnings through freelance work will not buy enough health insurance for the treatment she needs. For her the state healthcare lottery offers an uneasy solution.

That's right folks, because the U.S. is so caring to it's citizens, this state has to run a lottery to win health care.

You sick fucks.

Read more here.