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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Mom had a stroke
1) Does "stroke" mean "heart stroke"?
2) What does "making poor people out of a lot of people" mean?
Context;
At his best, he infuses the political with the personal. This week in Tipton, Iowa, for instance, a man said "long-term care is making poor people out of a lot of people." Kerry replied that "my mom had a stroke" and he had lost both his parents in the past few years, so "I've been through this medical process firsthand."
2) What does "making poor people out of a lot of people" mean?
Context;
At his best, he infuses the political with the personal. This week in Tipton, Iowa, for instance, a man said "long-term care is making poor people out of a lot of people." Kerry replied that "my mom had a stroke" and he had lost both his parents in the past few years, so "I've been through this medical process firsthand."
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This is not the Medical English forum, Jobb-- but a 'stroke' is caused by a sudden stoppage of blood anywhere, I think, and usually in the brain. As for "making poor people out of a lot of people": it means that long-term care is so expensive that many people who would not otherwise be considered poor find it difficult or impossible to pay for.
- This is not the Medical English forum, Jobb-- but a 'stroke' is caused by a sudden stoppage of blood anywhere, I think, and usually in the brain.
- As for "making poor people out of a lot of people": it means that long-term care is so expensive that many people who would not otherwise be considered poor find it difficult or impossible to pay for.
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This is not the Medical English forum, Jobb-- but a 'stroke' is caused by a sudden stoppage of blood anywhere, I think, and usually in the brain.
As for "making poor people out of a lot of people": it means that long-term care is so expensive that many people who would not otherwise be considered poor find it difficult or impossible to pay for.
As for "making poor people out of a lot of people": it means that long-term care is so expensive that many people who would not otherwise be considered poor find it difficult or impossible to pay for.
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I haven't heard of a heart stroke. A stroke is when a blood clot lodges in the brain and generally messes things up.
The second sentence, I would interpret to mean that a lot of people are becoming poor because of the cost of long-term [medical] care.
The second sentence, I would interpret to mean that a lot of people are becoming poor because of the cost of long-term [medical] care.
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