Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies

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Perhaps.  But, what about the person with a $500/month prescription?  Or the person who needs an MRI, but the imaging center won’t perform the test until they’re paid in full?  Not everyone gets to just ‘start a tab’.

^^^ This. ^^^

I had to pay for an ACL reconstruction + MRI + appointments with the surgeon almost completely out of pocket last year. I had $7500 in out of pocket costs in addition to premiums. $6000, up front. Now, I happened to have the money. If I didn't, I could get credit and manage the debt. For a lot of people, the best option would be to put it on a credit card with usurious rates, or take out a home equity loan.

So what's a guy who does manual labor, but doesn't have the scratch, or the credit supposed to work with a blown out knee? Or the bartender who needs a hip replacement like my younger brother?

The view from middle class America is can be pretty myopic.