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It's been a while since I watched it and I'm pretty sure he wasn't in debt but I thought the reason he decided to do it was to help pay for the treatment so he

It's been a while since I watched it and I'm pretty sure he wasn't in debt but I thought the reason he decided to do it was to help pay for the treatment so he didn't go in debt and to leave a nest egg behind for his family when he died. It may not be exactly what the OP stated but it's a pretty similar situation.

azemetre 2y ago
That’s the reason he states but he was given multiple opportunities and chances to have his medical care covered for but opted for continually selling drugs instead. Every goal he wanted (getting enough money to pay for college for his children, paying living expenses for a decade, etc) he met and still continued. He even says so in the last episode, he did it because it made him feel alive.
- croon 2y ago
  He absolutely becomes that person by the end, but it's unclear whether it would have happened were it not for mountainous medical expenses for treatment.
  - derektank 2y ago
    Elliot Schwartz offers to pay for all of Walter's medical treatments in episode 5 and Gretchen does the same in episode 6 of season 1. The show is about pride, not desperation
    - Clamchop 2y ago
      I think it's about megalomania. Walter White is entertaining but deplorable.
    - Tainnor 2y ago
      True, but government provided affordable healthcare is different from charity. Turning down your friends' donations out of pride is one thing, refusing your healthcare provider covering your expenses I would find hard to believe.
    - croon 2y ago
      I'm not convinced that changes my point. Whether you look at it as an excuse to become that person or not, the excuse would not exist in an alternate version where healthcare was not ruinously expensive.
jccalhoun 2y ago
I watched the first 4 or so episodes and got to the one where the rich friend offered to pay for everything but he declined. I was like "this guy's an ass." and didn't have any motivation to keep watching.
- nancyminusone 2y ago
  You have understood the point correctly then.
dragonwriter 2y ago
> but I thought the reason he decided to do it was to help pay for the treatment so he didn't go in debt and to leave a nest egg behind for his family The initial diagnosis is that it is terminal and without useful treatment options and his rationalization for cooking meth is to leave a nest egg. The high cost treatment comes up later and he immediately turns down an offer of no-strings payment in favor of cooking more meth to pay for it (Epsiodes 4-5). The only medical service he pays for out of drug money before turning down the offer to pay for all treatment is the initial evaluation with the highly-rated oncologists that his wife schedules on her own without a clear plan of how they’ll pay for it from which the treatment plan originates.

azemetre 2y ago

That’s the reason he states but he was given multiple opportunities and chances to have his medical care covered for but opted for continually selling drugs instead. Every goal he wanted (getting enough money to pay for college for his children, paying living expenses for a decade, etc) he met and still continued. He even says so in the last episode, he did it because it made him feel alive.

croon 2y ago
He absolutely becomes that person by the end, but it's unclear whether it would have happened were it not for mountainous medical expenses for treatment.
- derektank 2y ago
  Elliot Schwartz offers to pay for all of Walter's medical treatments in episode 5 and Gretchen does the same in episode 6 of season 1. The show is about pride, not desperation
  - Clamchop 2y ago
    I think it's about megalomania. Walter White is entertaining but deplorable.
  - Tainnor 2y ago
    True, but government provided affordable healthcare is different from charity. Turning down your friends' donations out of pride is one thing, refusing your healthcare provider covering your expenses I would find hard to believe.
  - croon 2y ago
    I'm not convinced that changes my point. Whether you look at it as an excuse to become that person or not, the excuse would not exist in an alternate version where healthcare was not ruinously expensive.

jccalhoun 2y ago

I watched the first 4 or so episodes and got to the one where the rich friend offered to pay for everything but he declined. I was like "this guy's an ass." and didn't have any motivation to keep watching.

nancyminusone 2y ago
You have understood the point correctly then.

dragonwriter 2y ago

> but I thought the reason he decided to do it was to help pay for the treatment so he didn't go in debt and to leave a nest egg behind for his family The initial diagnosis is that it is terminal and without useful treatment options and his rationalization for cooking meth is to leave a nest egg. The high cost treatment comes up later and he immediately turns down an offer of no-strings payment in favor of cooking more meth to pay for it (Epsiodes 4-5). The only medical service he pays for out of drug money before turning down the offer to pay for all treatment is the initial evaluation with the highly-rated oncologists that his wife schedules on her own without a clear plan of how they’ll pay for it from which the treatment plan originates.