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From the City of Florence's Facebook page:

 

<<<Percy Sledge, renowned recording artist and beloved member of the Muscle Shoals music family, is battling liver cancer and a benefit concert has been organized to show support and help defray his medical expenses. The show is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center. 

 

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A native of Leighton, Alabama, Sledge rose to stardom in 1966 after his song, “When A Man Loves A Woman,” became an international hit. His successful career as a recording artist and performer has scanned more than four decades and until his recent illness he was still actively booking sold-out shows around the world. ">>>>

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A successful entertainer over a career spanning almost 50 years, until recently "still actively booking sold-out shows around the world, "  now has a serious health problem and needs help "to defray medical expenses"?  Does Percy Sledge, like many others his age, qualify for Medicare insurance and has he signed up for it?  If he enrolled in the Social Security system (as self-employed persons in this country are required by law to be), many of his health care costs would be paid for through Medicare.  If he purchased a supplemental Medicare insurance policy, as I and many others have done, then that insurance would cover a substantial portion of the costs that Medicare does not.   Where does Percy Sledge stand with respect to these available opportunities for health insurance?

 

I commend those who have organized the benefit concert for Percy Sledge and I hope that it will be sold out and will produce generous funds to help Mr. Sledge with his medical expenses. I wish him the best in his struggle with liver cancer, which is one of the more deadly forms of this dreaded disease.  But I must admit that I am puzzled as to why  Mr. Sledge is in need of such assistance, given the availability of health insurance for senior citizens such as himself at modest costs that are borne by many persons whose incomes are far less than his.

I yam what I yam and that's all I yam--but it is enough!

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Originally Posted by unclegus:

Most anytime a musician becomes ill, their peers will come together and raise money to help with costs. It does not necessarily mean he does not have insurance. 

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I do not know whether  he has health insurance or not.  It appears, however, that he could have obtained the kind of health insurance that many seniors of his age with much fewer resources have obtained. If he did not obtain such insurance, one must wonder why, given the financial status

that is typically associated with persons with long and successful careers in the entertainment industry.

 

I've never understood why so many musicians and entertainers have been without  healthcare insurance.   

 

Year after year, the Nashville music community has come together to pickup the medical bills of road musicians and music writers.  Many of the fund raisers were after the deaths of the musicians--to assist their families.   I remember Elton John taking the Opryhouse for two solo concerts one night for his recently departed drummer who died.

 

The Muscle Shoals music community has also seen more than its fair share of uninsured musicians.

 

Come on guys.  You're no different than anyone in our community.  Protect your families with healthcare insurance, disability insurance and life insurance.  It's the right thing to do.

Originally Posted by Bamaman1:

I've never understood why so many musicians and entertainers have been without  healthcare insurance.   

 

Year after year, the Nashville music community has come together to pickup the medical bills of road musicians and music writers.  Many of the fund raisers were after the deaths of the musicians--to assist their families.   I remember Elton John taking the Opryhouse for two solo concerts one night for his recently departed drummer who died.

 

The Muscle Shoals music community has also seen more than its fair share of uninsured musicians.

 

Come on guys.  You're no different than anyone in our community.  Protect your families with healthcare insurance, disability insurance and life insurance.  It's the right thing to do.

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AMEN!

Originally Posted by semiannualchick:

The money will probably be to pay for his funeral when he dies. I've never heard of anyone being healed from liver cancer, or any kind of disease. But it's sad that he has this horrible disease.

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Do you really mean THAT--that you have never heard of anyone being healed of any kind of disease?  I think you probably did not intend for it to come out that way.

 

As a person who has been healed of cancer (now cancer free for 13 years), I have to politely challenge your conclusion. Modern medical science has found cures for numerous diseases

 

I suggest you do a little reading here:

 

http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/

 

EXCERPT:  Cancer Stat Fact Sheets are a collection of statistical summaries for a number of common cancer types. They were developed to provide a quick overview of frequently-requested cancer statistics. Available statistics may include incidence, mortality, survival, stage, prevalence, and lifetime risk. Links to additional resources from NCI including risk factors, treatment, and clinical trials are also provided. 

 

The 5-year survival rate on liver cancer is only 16.6 percent.  It IS indeed one of the bad 'uns. For pancreatic cancer, the figure is only 6.7 percent.  For thyroid cancer 97.8 percent--as good as it gets.

 

Of course, some fraction of these cancers recur after 5 years, but many persons treated for cancer never have a recurrence.  I think I must be one, since the "Big C" has had 13 years to come back and has not.

Originally Posted by Contendah:
Do you really mean THAT--that you have never heard of anyone being healed of any kind of disease?  I think you probably did not intend for it to come out that way.

As a person who has been healed of cancer (now cancer free for 13 years), I have to politely challenge your conclusion. Modern medical science has found cures for numerous diseases

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I meant what I posted. You mentioned being healed of Cancer & then mention medical science. Were you healed spiritually or thru medical science? If a person survives a terrible disease, I call it coincidence. Most certainly not a "healing", which usually, if someone uses that term, they associate it with a spiritual healing.
If you were healed thru a spiritual healing, what made you so special? I don't mean that ugly (I'm happy you lived thru it) but with dozens of people dying with Cancer, why save you but the majority dies?

 Semi, nobody said anything at all about the prayer of healing, including yourself.

 I realize that you may mean something entirely different than what your writing says, but it is what it is and what I quoted you as saying is exactly the way you wrote it, and myself and others has to comprehend that is what you meant!

Originally Posted by semiannualchick:
Originally Posted by Contendah:
Do you really mean THAT--that you have never heard of anyone being healed of any kind of disease?  I think you probably did not intend for it to come out that way.

As a person who has been healed of cancer (now cancer free for 13 years), I have to politely challenge your conclusion. Modern medical science has found cures for numerous diseases

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I meant what I posted. You mentioned being healed of Cancer & then mention medical science. Were you healed spiritually or thru medical science? If a person survives a terrible disease, I call it coincidence. Most certainly not a "healing", which usually, if someone uses that term, they associate it with a spiritual healing.
If you were healed thru a spiritual healing, what made you so special? I don't mean that ugly (I'm happy you lived thru it) but with dozens of people dying with Cancer, why save you but the majority dies?

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When you mentioned healing, you evidently intended it to be understood as referring solely to spiritual healing, a particular and narrow concept of healing that you do not subscribe to.  Your error was in confining "heal" and "healing" to the spiritual realm.  Healing is regularly achieved by strictly medical means as well.  I suggest that in the future you take care not to base your assertions upon an artificially constricted  meaning .of key words in the discussions.

You wanna know why there is no insurance?  It is much like many other groups. It is based purely on PRIORITIES......Some would rather have a nice new guitar than to pay the insurance premium. Like the folks who come to ER after getting thrown out of their $30K bass boat on the river, yet have no insurance....  or the people we will see in the coming weeks with the motorcycle rally who will come in by ambulance after hitting a ditch while drinking and riding their Harley. Few will have insurance on themselves, but Lord willing they will have the best policy possible on their bike.

I am astounded by the priorites we put on things in this country, which is why the vast majority of people think healthcare should be free. They have no regard for hat it takes to run a clinic or an ER, nor the overhead involved. They think someone woke up one day and decided to practice medicine and there was no cost for education nor the challenges to get there. BTW, most must think that X-ray techs, nurses and lab workers perform their duties 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, for free.

Priorities.....its all about what the individual wants as to whether they can "afford" it or not.

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Originally Posted by teyates:

You wanna know why there is no insurance?  It is much like many other groups. It is based purely on PRIORITIES......Some would rather have a nice new guitar than to pay the insurance premium. Like the folks who come to ER after getting thrown out of their $30K bass boat on the river, yet have no insurance....  or the people we will see in the coming weeks with the motorcycle rally who will come in by ambulance after hitting a ditch while drinking and riding their Harley. Few will have insurance on themselves, but Lord willing they will have the best policy possible on their bike.

I am astounded by the priorites we put on things in this country, which is why the vast majority of people think healthcare should be free. They have no regard for hat it takes to run a clinic or an ER, nor the overhead involved. They think someone woke up one day and decided to practice medicine and there was no cost for education nor the challenges to get there. BTW, most must think that X-ray techs, nurses and lab workers perform their duties 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, for free.

Priorities.....its all about what the individual wants as to whether they can "afford" it or not.

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Those folks with the bass boat and Harley will probably know a good lawyer if they think they didn't get good "free" care though.

Originally Posted by teyates:

You wanna know why there is no insurance?  It is much like many other groups. It is based purely on PRIORITIES......Some would rather have a nice new guitar than to pay the insurance premium. Like the folks who come to ER after getting thrown out of their $30K bass boat on the river, yet have no insurance....  or the people we will see in the coming weeks with the motorcycle rally who will come in by ambulance after hitting a ditch while drinking and riding their Harley. Few will have insurance on themselves, but Lord willing they will have the best policy possible on their bike.

I am astounded by the priorites we put on things in this country, which is why the vast majority of people think healthcare should be free. They have no regard for hat it takes to run a clinic or an ER, nor the overhead involved. They think someone woke up one day and decided to practice medicine and there was no cost for education nor the challenges to get there. BTW, most must think that X-ray techs, nurses and lab workers perform their duties 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, for free.

Priorities.....its all about what the individual wants as to whether they can "afford" it or not.

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You nailed it Teyates!  And how many of those clowns without health insurance are spending $8-10/day to buy cigarettes that will some day put them in a hospital where they will need costly care for the diseases they afflict themselves with by smoking?

 

Priorities indeed.

Originally Posted by semiannualchick:

The money will probably be to pay for his funeral when he dies. I've never heard of anyone being healed from liver cancer, or any kind of disease. But it's sad that he has this horrible disease.

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Originally Posted by unclegus:

 Semi, nobody said anything at all about the prayer of healing, including yourself.

 I realize that you may mean something entirely different than what your writing says, but it is what it is and what I quoted you as saying is exactly the way you wrote it, and myself and others has to comprehend that is what you meant!

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The reason I said that I had never heard of anyone being healed from liver cancer, or any kind of disease, is because I have not. I don't care if it's thru spiritual healing or medical science, you just don't hear of it. I said that because I made the comment that the money will probably be to pay for his funeral when he dies. He will most likely die of it because it is a deadly disease. Don’t know how to make it any plainer.

I'm outta here, hope you all have a great week.

 

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