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Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail

Posted by samzenpus on from the three-squares-a-cot-and-a-physical dept.

f1vlad writes "A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report."

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  1. Too bad he couldn't wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If this guy could have waited for ObamaCare to fully take effect (around 2014) he wouldn't have had to rob a bank.

    Of course since this is America, and the insurance companies ran the show until Obama brought some justice to the system he would have been dead by then.

    All those "pro-life" Republicans who can't wait to force women to give birth would have no problem watching this guy die to save a few dollars. They probably think he's a freeloader.

  2. [Insert Obamacare joke here] by broginator · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'm too lazy and apathetic to come up with one...

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