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7. Yes they should be dropped as patients.

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:11 AM

Oct 16

Scarce resources should not be wasted on people who abuse them.

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In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine [View all] Dulcinea Oct 16 OP

The better news is that... llmart Oct 16 #3

Yes they should be dropped as patients. Demobrat Oct 16 #7

I've always believed that stupid people should be punished. Ray Bruns Oct 16 #4

I don't know about that... OldBaldy1701E Oct 16 #5

First... GiqueCee Oct 16 #10

Doctors getting abused as they try to save a patient's life. Irish_Dem Oct 16 #6

Unfortunately, stupid people breed more debsy Oct 16 #15

Decaying society. Passages Oct 16 #8

This! bronxiteforever Oct 16 #12

If enough MAGAts die to own the libs IronLionZion Oct 16 #9

And nurses too! debsy Oct 16 #13

Maybe this is how the Native Americans get their land back. Crowman2009 Oct 16 #14

these are the same idiots who "do their own research" Skittles Oct 16 #17