好慘一女的。

“全世界都認爲你死了，但是你還活着，這是一種孤獨的感覺。”

德克薩斯州的一名老人去藥店買藥時，櫃員告訴她：你的醫療保險已經被停了，因爲你已經死了！

這樣離奇的事情，卻真實發生在73歲的Sherry Ellis的身上。

Sherry Ellis, 73, of Magnolia, found out that she had been declared legally dead when she arrived at the pharmacy to collect her medicine prescription, ABC-13 reported on Saturday. At the counter, she learned that her Medicare had been discontinued, thus rendering her insurance incapable of paying for her life-saving pills.

據ABC-13週六報道，73歲的Sherry Ellis到達藥房領取藥時，發現自己已經被死亡。藥房櫃員告訴她，她的醫療保險被凍結了，導致她沒辦法刷醫保買到救命藥。

"As far as they're concerned, I am deceased," she told the news outlet, adding that the Social Security Administration made a mistake in linking her social security number with a death certificate.

她告訴新聞媒體說：“就他們而言，我已經去世了。”她補充說，美國社會保障局錯誤地把她的社保號和別人的死亡證明弄混了。

TEXAS WOMAN, 73, LISTED AS DEAD BY SOCIAL SECURITY IS ALIVE — AND SHE CAN'T GET MEDICINE OR ACCESS HER BANK ACCOUNT Via newsweek.com

這個工作失誤，嚴重影響了Ellis的生活。

"With my bank card declined everywhere, I can't get gas, I can't get money for food, I can't do anything," she said. "I don't know how long I'd been dead before I found out."

她說：“我的銀行卡到處被拒，我無法加汽油，無法買到食物，無法做任何事情。” “要不是及時發現，我都不知道我已經死了多久。”

A Texas woman was legally declared dead while still alive Via CNN

在系統中被死亡，就不能領取相關福利。這會給類似Ellis這樣的人“造成嚴重的財務困難”。

She told CNN Saturday a social security check, her Medicare and secondary insurance were put on hold. She takes 10 different medications for blood pressure, a stomach condition and heart issues that can cost up to $1,400 without insurance.

她在週六告訴CNN她的養老金、醫療保險和二級保險被凍結了。因爲患有高血壓、胃病和心臟病，她要服用10種不同的藥物。如果沒有保險，費用可能高達1400美元。

A Texas woman was legally declared dead while still alive Via CNN

爲了能繼續使用醫保和銀行卡Ellis必須證明自己還活着。但是要讓自己復活，可沒那麼容易。Ellis花了近一週時間，還沒“活過來”。

She visited the Social Security Administration on Monday, but as of Saturday, she has still not been listed as alive.

週一她親自去了社會保障局。但截至週六，她仍被列爲“已死亡”。

"The Medicare office told me it might take up to 45 days to resurrect me," she said, adding that she was in limbo for the next week. She was given a letter that basically said she was alive, but her doctor and pharmacist weren't able to take it because she was still classified as deceased in their systems.

她說：“醫療保險辦公室告訴我，可能最多需要45天才能使我復活。”她補充說，下週她就付不起藥費了。雖然醫療保險辦公室給了她一封信，證明她還活着，但她的醫生和藥劑師並不認可，因爲在他們的系統中她仍被列爲已死亡。

A Texas woman was legally declared dead while still alive Via CNN

據報道，美國社會保障局每個月都會發生1000起左右的被死亡事件。

The SSA said on their website that if someone thinks they've been incorrectly listed as deceased they should go to their local office as soon as possible and bring one piece of identification. This can be a passport, driver's license or health insurance card.

美國社會保障局網站顯示，如果有人發現自己被死亡，應儘快帶上身份證件去當地辦事處，可以是護照，駕照或醫保卡。

" If it only took the click of a key to pronounce somebody dead, why can't it take 30 minutes to make them alive?" she said. "Why can't they reverse it just as quick?"

“如果只需要敲一下鍵就可以宣佈某人死亡，那爲什麼不能花上30分鐘讓他們活過來呢？” 她說。 “爲什麼他們不能馬上讓我復活？”

A Texas woman was legally declared dead while still alive Via CNN

圖文：CNN，newsweek.com