A man from North Carolina admitted that he robbed a bank last week in order to receive care for his medical problems.
James Verone, an unemployed 59 year old with two ruptured discs, a foot injury and an undiagnosed growth on his chest, limped into a bank in Gastonia, North Carolina, and passed a note to a bank teller explaining that it was an unarmed robbery, but she better give him $1 and call the police.
Mr Verone, who has never been in trouble with the law before, explained on an interview with the local television station that the sole reason behind the crime was to benefit from the free medical care of prison.
This story, which sounds surreal, highlights the pain of unemployed people lacking health insurance coverage.
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