> And his family would have been bankrupt from the ambulance ride alone, never mind the cost of the treatment. A family that can't afford health insurance for a

> And his family would have been bankrupt from the ambulance ride alone, never mind the cost of the treatment. A family that can't afford health insurance for a 17 year old cannot afford healthcare in the US at all. Let alone emergency healthcare. This ^. I don't have health insurance, I can't afford it right now. If I had covid-19 and I was very serious where the bill would be hundreds of thousands of dollars, I would rather choose to die than to bankrupt my family. US has one of the highest rates of preventable deaths.