Pushing Dead Page #5

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down those stairs.

- [Bob] All right.

Thanks, Dan.

- [Dan] All right.

[BEEP]

[VENDING MACHINE

WHIRRING]

[LIQUOR POURING]

[KNOCKING]

- [Man] Come on in.

- Hi.

- Ah, sit down.

Mrs. Doris is no longer with us.

- I'll be you new case worker.

My name is Gregory.

- Hello, Gregory.

- You have a social

security card,

driver's license

or California ID

and a current bank statement.

- It's all there.

- Excellent, thank you.

So, I think what's

happened here, Daniel,

is that you were bumped

from the low income plan

because your bank account

exceeds the maximum.

I'm sure you're aware

that you have to

stay within certain

financial boundaries

to get a state subsidy

for your prescriptions.

Your bank account

is approximately

$70 over the maximum.

- [Dan's mom] Do something

fun with it... (echoes)

- Maybe what happened is

you were moved to

the default plan

and due to your

high prescription costs

that plan is already maxed out.

Not sure.

I do know that your

plan was switched.

Look I'm in a meeting, okay?

So, you're going

to have to pay 50%

of your drug costs until the

plan renews in a few months.

And then maybe you can get

back onto the low income status

that you were on.

- Okay.

I, uh, don't understand

most of what you're saying.

- Yeah, nobody understands.

- Half cost meds,

that's gonna run me about, uh,

$3,000 a month.

And, um, I'm running low.

And I really

really need them.

Because I have...

[MUSIC]

So, um,

I'm not gonna be able

to come up with $3,000.

I don't have $3,000.

what else can we do, Gregory?

What, wha--

Uh, isn't there something

else that we can do?

when is the next time

you get a bank statement?

- Uh,

That one was from

last week, so it'll be

three weeks.

- Well here's what I

can do for you.

I'm gonna put this

on hold right now.

You're gonna send me your

bank statement when you get it,

and if everyhting's in order,

you can get right back onto

the low income status

that you were on

and you can use your card

that very same day.

That's the best I can do.

- Uh, I'll be out of

drugs in a week, man.

- That's the best I can do.

I'm sorry.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Keep that card.

Did I give you a card?

[MUSIC]

- You gave me a card.

- [Gregory] Great.

Have a nice day.

Thanks for coming in.

- [Dan] My grandfather used to

have an old Chevy Malibu.

It had a big white stripe

down the left side of it

and a big white stripe

down the right side of it.

The stripes were from the

car scraping against the

sides of his garage.

He wouldn't bother flicking

the ashes of his Chesterfields

when he was driving.

They would just fall off

when it was their time.

I loved spending time with him.

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