My ex mother in law was... a professional patient. She was morbidly obese, and over the 20 years I knew her had: - non-hodgkin's lymphoma - pulmonary blood c

My ex mother in law was... a professional patient. She was morbidly obese, and over the 20 years I knew her had: - non-hodgkin's lymphoma - pulmonary blood clots - a section of her abdomen the size of a loaf of bread went necrotic after a suture migrated and pierced her intestines. - heart failure leading to constant oxygen - breast cancer and there's probably something else I'm forgetting. She was a deadbeat who managed to work about 6 months of her life. None of her major health problems started until after 40. She was a welfare mom who married a guy with a meth habit who worked at an automotive parts counter making peanuts. At no point was she ever denied care. She even spent around 6 months in the ICU at University of California Irvine and had amazing reconstructive surgery for the necrotic tissue. Of course she ate her way back to morbid obesity after getting a new lease on life. The US health care system seems to cause more issues for people with a little wealth, because it will happily take it all away. For people with nothing, in my personal experience, you can get great care.