It's just so mind boggling to me that there's people in the USA who are literally dying of cancer because they simply can't afford to pay for treatment, and the

It's just so mind boggling to me that there's people in the USA who are literally dying of cancer because they simply can't afford to pay for treatment, and there's a significant percentage of the population that think it's not only normal but entirely acceptable. The whole concept just seems so completely foreign to here in Australia. In contrast, I have a friend who immigrated to Australia about a year ago and isn't even on a permanent residency, but still gets full treatment for their cancer for free, just like any Australian citizen would. The very idea that your survival is entirely dictated by your financial circumstances sounds like it's straight out of some dystopian fiction to me. That was the entire plot of Elysium, wasn't it?