RE: Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies
February 6, 2018 at 6:17 pm
(February 6, 2018 at 5:45 pm)alpha male Wrote:(February 6, 2018 at 5:44 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: ^^^ 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.
So the solution is...?
Oddly, alpha, I was waiting for you to suggest one. Anyone can offer slings and arrows. If you are only bringing criticism, you're indistinguishable from noise.
I advocate universal health care paid for via general fund taxes. Research bears out that developed nations with such systems achieve better results than the USA, with less per capital expenditure, and have for quite some timem I realize that doesn't align with your ideological viewpoint, but frankly, I don't value politics based on ideology that achieves poor results. I vote GOP until 8 years ago. Their ideas suck.
