He should just double as the First Dude, Todd Palin and get on the federal coiffer. They look similar enough.

Now I KNOW I am voting for McCain.

Now waitaminnit...if porn stars can't get health insurance, then how does Erik Rhodes afford all his drugs??

Oh...

Fuck him!

Can't he just pull that much porn money from under his filthy mattress?

$2500 isn't that big of a hospital bill.

He can just suck a few more dicks than usual this week.

Vinnie D'Angelo has been on my list for many moons, sad to know he's injury.

I will contribute by visiting his website as much as I can. :D

actually the out of pocket expense with someone who has insurance is almost the same, When I had a kidney stone and was rushed to the emergency room (I thought it was appendicitis) my out of pocket expense was $1500 after insurance. For one thing he can have it billed out monthly, for another universal health care isn't going anywhere with a 1 trillion dollar bail-out being talked about on the Hill.
I do feel kind of guilty for using pay per view porn though...They break it down by scenes and acts!!! How am I suppose to resist that???

This guy is dumber than a box of cock rings.

There are numerous careers besides "porn actor" that don't automatically include health insurance. Most people, at least those who are smart, purchase their own insurance and include the fee in their budget each month. It's his own damn fault for not doing that. It's not the porn industry or the government's fault.

Vinnie is quite the fine speciman for sure. I don't understand how he can't afford $2,500. If he only does porn, then he needs to branch out and go into the lucrative stripper/escort world.

Vinnie should have no trouble pulling in six figures if he stripped more and did less porn. Some people I know (COUGH) have been known to blow $500 a weekend at Swinging Richards in Atlanta.

wait, what happened to the "Tyra holding an apple, being all Evil Stepmother" post?

DB: She's in seclusion -- she'll be back. The purpose of that post was to highlight the overlooked link to Squirrel Melts in the previous post. Mission accomplished, moving on.

I'm surprised these guys are not part of the Screen Actors Guild and covered by SAG's health package. Their acting is much more realistic than some of the stuff you can watch on TV.

I would say that he should get a job as a "greeter" at WalMart (as he would be a good greeter!!)

But I dont' think they get health insurance either.

I just looked at his donation site. You'd think that since he buys his clothes at GayMart, he'd have plenty of money left over for medical bills.

Most "porn stars" are contractual not full-time employees. Companies, of any sort, rarely offer anything to contractual employees. Convenient for the porn industry wouldn't you say? Not that I blame him for soliciting help. I'm quite sure he'll get enough to pay it all and then some. However, his implication on the shifting medium of distribution shows a lack of personal responsibility (and understanding), IMHO.

Living your life based on an industry as fickle as porn is folly to begin with. Hopefully, he can see that now and make changes in his personal life to prevent this in the future.

I moved from the States to Australia and I won't qualify for their "socialized medicine" (that the repubs are always trying to scare you about) until at least 2 years after I arrived. Given that all my expenses are out of pocket - I can see my primary doctor the same day (that's not counting emergencies, just calling for a normal appt), and my drug expenses are about 1/10th of the price my hmo said they were saving me when I was in the States.

If the US were to get universal healthcare under McSame, I'm sure there would be another trillion dollar bailout for insurance company CEOs.

He's such a pretty young thing, I'm sure he won't have any problems raising the required funds, besides he can still work, there are plenty of scenes that can still be filmed that won't require having his ankle in frame... He just needs to do more work on his knees.

Right now he has everything I want in a trick. Hot, hung, fuzzy, dumb as a bag of doorknobs and he can't run very fast so I stand a chance. Moby's right tho... The dude seriously needs a "plan B."

Gimme me a fuckin break! Pun not intended really. Cry me a river Mary.... Then get a life.

Did he say "acting"? He truly is clueless!

Ouch... so much anger... I put myself through college working in food service and some of that time was without insurance... often you can't afford it if your company doesn't provide it. Many of the people I worked with were not college material and worked 2 jobs just to survive. Say what you will about Vinnie, but there are a lot of people who work hard, who worry every day what they will do if what happened to Vinnie happens to them. Show a little compassion.

Whatever, I beat off ALOT to his movies.

I feel for the guy -- I mean, he obviously can't make any cash on the side as a grammar tutor....

Maybe he'll get lucky and they'll cast him on Grey's Anatomy as "Dr. McSticky".

Well, I try to feel sorry for using pay per view, but I can't. See, insteed of paying $70 to buy a 90min porn DVD to get off... I can just spend $19.99 for 500 minutes... and I can just pick the scene that I like and 3 minutes later Im done with my business (yes, 3 minutes... Im 25! we do it fast!) Anyways... THATS SAVING!!
And in regards to the porn star $2500 bill... there are more needed children starving in the developing world that need more help that he does... He can easily do a few more escort services a week and have that bill pay-in-full in no time!

Hell: I'll contribute $20 for some English lessons, or perhaps a grammer check for his computer!

I have to agree with some on here that, much as I am for national health insurance, this post is the most compelling example I've seen to be against, or least not care about, implementing a national health insurance program. This guy needs to get himself at least an eight grade education and a job with someplace like the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. They do cover their employees with health care insurance.

Sorry I know a lot of my brethren are huge professional porn fans. I'll stick with x-tube and amatuer sites.

Universal health care is the only answer. It will actually help not just people who are currently uninsured, it will also help hospitals who can't get reimbursed for providing care to the uninsured.

Mark :-)

Like most "adult film stars" he's a hustler and knows how to use his looks and dick to get money. This sob-story over his foot will probably net him thousands, tax free. Not buying it.