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As long as you're okay with being bankrupt

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > long as you're okay with being bankrupt One, dead or debilitated versus bankrupt. Two, no: Medicaid, charity, et cetera. It’s not a good system. But comparing it to pre-medical care is stupid beyond belief.
  • kevviiinn 4y ago
    Charity and medicare don't cover everyone. There are people who make a little too much to get on medicare but are still close to the poverty line. Charity is wildly hit or miss with luck as the biggest factor
    • JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > there are people who make a little too much to get on medicare but are still close to the poverty line Yet you're still going to pretend this is the same as nobody having medicine.
      • kevviiinn 4y ago
        >nobody having medicine. As far as I can see, you're the only one making this statement
        • JumpCrisscross 4y ago
          > you're the only one making this statement What do you think medieval medicine, which pre-dates even the germ theory, means?
          • kevviiinn 4y ago
            I think you misread my original statement. I was arguing that emergency care is actually not accessible to all