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at this point it seems not unreasonable to say that the collective dark parasitic menace associated with the medical system in the US (to include all of the fol

at this point it seems not unreasonable to say that the collective dark parasitic menace associated with the medical system in the US (to include all of the following: leadership, admins, providers, policymakers, etc. is actively hostile towards individual citizens of the US. the whole charade of nobly helping people should be pretty well dead and buried by now: it's all about dollars and extracting the maximum possible. i am not surprised to learn that seniors are also exposed to some goofy backdoor likely engineered by some clever lobbyists ages ago. from where i sit the risk of existential financial danger of being inside the US is probably not worth it for the vast majority of those no longer earning a normalish W2 income. what's the point staying in the US for "retirement" when you can get clobbered by some technicality? some people may figuratively and literally live to fight another day but you'll probably do battle with this monster until you die warding off literal mercenaries trying to get you to pay the bill... and whatever assets you have tried to build up over the years as well. given that a large percentage of the US economy is based on this behavior (and not really getting any smaller; it's big source of jobs - check job growth reports), it's fairly unreasonable to think it will get better before it gets worse. i am not optimistic that even if Sanders were elected he could fix this. there are too many grubby hands in the money pot, and it is too easy to sell the people on the """cost""" because second order effects (lost productivity, mental health issues, crime, ability to change jobs/situations without fear of death or permanent ruin, deleterious effects on youth without access etc.) are completely ignored. big numbers on federal budgets are too easy for those of the Free Market mindset to fixate upon. i would humbly submit that if you are worried at all about this, there are lots of opportunities to take a social security income and live out a respectable life and/or death in countries where you are not treated like a financial bloodbag to be reaped and tossed aside. a lot of these places would be happy to have your dollars and you'd also reduce your contributions to this system.

disabled 7y ago
Americans: Pay attention the the above comment and take it to heart. I urge you to, as a dual national of both the United States and the European Union (Croatia). I am also on Medicare, as I am disabled. One would be foolish to underestimate this comment and the overall situation it describes. It is unwinnable. You can very easily end up paying a fortune every single year during your lifetime ($20,000/year-$100,000/year) for medications that are covered under Medicare Part D, due to a clause called Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage levels, just so you can stay alive. There are people in the top 1% that cannot afford these sorts of costs during retirement. To top it off, the third leading cause of death in the United States is preventable medical errors. If you do not believe me, Google it. You can go to the very best institutions, hospitals, and doctors, but nobody can evade a statistic like that. The problem is just way to invasive and ingrained in to how we give healthcare in the United States. If you want to stay alive long-term, then the best thing to do is to emigrate, particularly to a European Union country. They never discriminate on the basis of health status (including the cost of your healthcare or care), but you do have to be able to work to stay on a visa to eventually acquire citizenship. Obviously western or northern Europe is more desirable, but anywhere in the European Union is a step up in quality from the chaos of our system.

disabled 7y ago

Americans: Pay attention the the above comment and take it to heart. I urge you to, as a dual national of both the United States and the European Union (Croatia). I am also on Medicare, as I am disabled. One would be foolish to underestimate this comment and the overall situation it describes. It is unwinnable. You can very easily end up paying a fortune every single year during your lifetime ($20,000/year-$100,000/year) for medications that are covered under Medicare Part D, due to a clause called Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage levels, just so you can stay alive. There are people in the top 1% that cannot afford these sorts of costs during retirement. To top it off, the third leading cause of death in the United States is preventable medical errors. If you do not believe me, Google it. You can go to the very best institutions, hospitals, and doctors, but nobody can evade a statistic like that. The problem is just way to invasive and ingrained in to how we give healthcare in the United States. If you want to stay alive long-term, then the best thing to do is to emigrate, particularly to a European Union country. They never discriminate on the basis of health status (including the cost of your healthcare or care), but you do have to be able to work to stay on a visa to eventually acquire citizenship. Obviously western or northern Europe is more desirable, but anywhere in the European Union is a step up in quality from the chaos of our system.