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Sunday, February 09, 2003If the state takes his Medicaid benefits, Dazzle Joe Young wants to go back to ``the joint.'' At least there he would get his medication. Young got out of prison in May after serving the better part of the last 10 years for assault and selling drugs. He knows exactly what he'd do to maintain his benefits: steal money and items, anything to get thrown back in. Anything to get the drugs that help his diseased heart, arthritic feet and high blood pressure. ``If they take Medicaid, y'all will be reading about me,'' he said recently. ``They might as well open the doors to the penitentiary and say I'm on the way back.'' Humph. You can also get three square meals a day in "the joint" and not have to worry about paying for rent, but that doesn't make harming others to obtain free food and shelter right. posted by Sydney on 2/09/2003 03:02:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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