>Medication is fairly inexpensive and if I have major surgery, I will only be out a couple thousand (the cost of a laptop). Have you actually ever had a major

>Medication is fairly inexpensive and if I have major surgery, I will only be out a couple thousand (the cost of a laptop). Have you actually ever had a major medical problem? Medication can run in the thousands (or be $5, it varies) and even minor surgery is several thousand dollars out of pocket minimum and certainly more expensive than any laptop. It's also a struggle to afford even the premiums for some people I don't know how accurate this is but I recall hearing that something like 40% of personal bankruptcies in the US are due ot medical debt. I'm speaking from experience. If I wasn't high income I dont know how I'd be able to afford my bout of illness.