“They go without,” she said. You mean they die? “Yes.”
But Hersey quickly added that where there is no chemotherapy there is still God.
“Even with the spiritual help they may die, but for those of us who are Christians and believe in God intervening directly in people’s lives, we’ve seen many answers to prayer where medicine falls short. We have seen cancer turn around,” she said.
For Barnes and Levy, there is no bitterness, only helplessness and suspicion of authority.
“The government? People who run government don’t care about people like us,” Levy said.
Banes might have been expected to support Obama as the man most likely to help the poor.
“I voted for the other guy. McCain. Something grated against me [about Obama]. I really don’t know what it was. I’m not racist. But I went the other way. I don’t really trust the government. The Lord has a plan, and if anything happens, then it’s meant to be,” she said.
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