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What world are you living in? Get a reality check, man!
"Should have some money put away..." Yeah, right. If you have 10 or 15 grand put away for emergencies it won't get you shit for medical treatment. A brain surgeon won't even shake your hand for that.
My sister had a minor laproscopy and was in the hospital for two days, it costed about 9500 bucks. Brain surgery and treatment over months or years can easily run multiple six figures. Insurances may cover the surgery, but what about the other expenses?
You can easily put mony away if you are single. For families it's different. With gas as high as it is, exploding property taxes, homeowners insurance, and exploding healthcare costs, a normal family with kids can be glad to be able to get around without drifting into bankruptcy. When did you buy a can of formula last? It's 12 bucks and lasts 2 days.
If the family was living in France, England, Germany, or Canada they had nothing to worry about. While the rest of the civilized world gives free health insurance and free education to their citizens (I learned that when I was living in Europe) this country prefers to sink trillions of $ into the fucking desert sand in some foreign land to catch shitheads that weren't even there before the war. Oh, yeah, and establish democracy.
In the meantime Americans pay out of their asses for health care and are stuck with fishy 80:20 co-pay deals, if they even have insurance, because for a family of 4 even PPO costs about 500 bucks a month. Then it has a co-pay, a deductible, and doesn't cover much.
I really don't care it this family has some money left over after they go through all this, they deserve it. It is very sad that people have to ask for donations for a sick child.
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Jenny Seemore
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