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Akp1072 t1_jdieajh wrote

Reply to comment by Kailaylia in A study shows that patients with the most serious health issues who thought that continuing the treatment would result in destitution only had an estimated 24% chance of continuing treatment, while those thinking paying fees would not negatively affect their financial situations had a 95% likelihood by nmhhg8

I’m in America and on the flip side of this story. One of the first pieces of advice I got from a good friend is: “you will go into debt. Accept it, and move on.” He was still paying off the debts from his very young daughters death 5 years later. And I will likely be paying off my husband’s medical bills long after he is gone. We’re focused on living and doing what we can now with the time we have.

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Kailaylia t1_jdih11l wrote

It's a cruel system in which the health insurers treat Americans like dairy cows, just continually siphoning money off them.

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