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Pleasurpays said:
we live in a society where it also just isn't a big priority until out of the blue, they are sick or injured and then start the complaining.
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Indeed. In fact there are dozens of old threads on GFY where various individuals, nearly every one a US citizen, have had (or supposedly had) a bad illness, or major surgery, or horrible accident, and DID NOT have medical insurance and were now stuck with a huge bill to pay. You know, the donation threads. Please help.
I admit, I did send money to a few of them myself, but I always thought in the back of my mind "who in their right mind would live in the USA and not have health isurance?" But I realize it's not as black and white as all that. Some simply couldn't afford it. A few just never got it, like maybe they were just too cheap to spend the money at the time. Whatever the reason, it's sad when it happens. How does someone making 30 or 40K per year pay off a $150K medical bill? (and still keep one's house, car, life etc)