
This is so sad. Health Insurance in the USA is absolutely broken…



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This is so sad. Health Insurance in the USA is absolutely broken…
Wow. Just wow. Check out these absolutely insane hospital bills that people received getting medical care in the USA. This is completely unconscionable. Getting sick or giving birth should never bankrupt anyone, but here we are living in this peak capitalism dystopia: {{CODE1}} {{CODE1}} (via: Buzzfeed)
Mary Robinette Kowal tweeted about her experience using the healthcare system while living in Iceland. As and American, she was completely baffled by the availability and affordability of medical services. Iceland has universal healthcare, among the best in the world. Their healthcare system is mostly paid for by taxes and a large…
This is an important Public Service Announcement about hospital bills for people receiving medical care in the USA. Just don't pay it. Here's why: {{CODE1}} Source
It’s complicated, since the “American Healthcare System” isn’t really a system and isn’t really about healthcare. That insurance is attached to employment is an accident of history dating back to the Second World War.
Without getting too far into the weeds, it isn’t a bonsai tree, it is a row of hedges planted during the Roosevelt administration that has been permitted to grow wild and mostly untrimmed ever since.