Remember that decrepit old man in the full-length wool coat that was always digging around in the dumpster behind Safeway when you were in junior high? The one that everybody said was really secretly rich and had thrown away a winning scratch ticket because he didn’t even need the money?
I always doubted that story, as I generally doubt just about anything anyone ever tells me.
Turns out, it’s mostly true.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Chris // Jan 13, 2004 at 8:22 am
”[Dinarde’s attorney] tried to get Dinarde on private medical insurance, but said he was rejected because of alcohol-related pre-existing conditions, including cirrhosis of the liver. Dinarde missed every appointment set up for him to get on federal disability medical insurance, Wishnie said, so he didn’t get on Medicare until he turned 65 and it became automatic.”
Ummm… what about the part where he’s not disabled, that he’s choosing to drink himself to death?
2 scotty the body // Jan 13, 2004 at 8:45 am
Well, alcoholism is a disease, technically.
3 Chris // Jan 13, 2004 at 3:39 pm
If you wanna go there.
Also, should the “homeless” statistics count people who are “homeless” by choice? Reminds me of how recently some politicians (was it here in Atl?) were mad because the “homeless” statistics didn’t include people who were staying with friends and family. Sheesh.
4 michael louis miller // Nov 21, 2006 at 10:10 pm
the topic isnt about alcohol “chris”...fyi its about homeless people being rich..so fuck ^ about lou dinarde
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