• The_v@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My wife has a chronic illness with expensive drugs.

    Healthcare is around 35% of our families gross income when you include in the cost my employer pays, what I pay, plus deductable and copays.

    I avoid going to the Dr as much as possible because I have a separate deductible. If I went for everything I should it would be closer to 40% of our gross income.

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      10 months ago

      That country is fucked up. You people really have to come together and demand universal healthcare, as impossible as that sounds.

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          10 months ago

          Obama improved a lot through Obamacare, but it’s really hard to get a good system in the USA as a lot of people are strongly against free and universal health care, even though it’d likely decrease the amount they have to pay for their own health care too. I really don’t understand it.

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            Oh, it’s very easy to understand. They’re worried their tax dollars might help someone who “doesn’t deserve it”, so they’d rather not help anyone.