Reposting s comment I saw on something similar: >My wife has Stage IV breast cancer. She has been a public school teacher for 20 years and we have pretty good

Reposting s comment I saw on something similar: >My wife has Stage IV breast cancer. She has been a public school teacher for 20 years and we have pretty good health insurance. She continues to work. She will teach as long as she can because she wants to...and financially she will need to. >Even with good health coverage, we have STILL spent thousands of dollars the past couple years out of pocket. If/when she takes medical retirement, it will get much worse. It will cost her 75% of her retirement income just to purchase health insurance. The rest will go to copays, gas for hospital trips, etc. Oh by the way, we still pay thousands in federal taxes each year, while corporations and the rich avoid most taxes and pay very little. It's fucking criminal. Fuck everyone who developed this system and fights to maintain it. From this thread on medical bankruptcy being a uniquely American phenomena: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/d10ab6/medical_bankruptcy_is_an_american_scandal_and/ezgp0mc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/d10ab6/medical_ba...