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ManicMambo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We live in Denmark. My wife lost her job at a senior home due to stress. 3 years later, breast cancer diagnosis followed by a quick operation. Shes waiting for the radiation sessions now. In the US, we would probably have gone bankrupt. Sorry for you guys.
BanMe@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I had a spontaenous pneumothorax in my late 20s, only reason I had insurance was because it was the year of the Obamacare mandate. I was unemployed so the state I was in gave me free insurance. I had about $330k worth of surgeries and paid … $19 for an optional medication.
Would have definitely bankrupted me.
And my mother, who is buried under her own medical bills, told me “you should have been bankrupted.”
She apologized later but that’s the mentality. We don’t speak anymore.
Abundance114@lemmy.world 1 week ago
High prices are due to government regulation.
The consumer is saved by the government from problems caused by government regulation.
The consumer thanks for government for saving them from the problem the government created.
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 5 days ago
High prices are due to a lack of government regulations.
Pharma companies can set the prices according to what people are willing to pay. And people are willing to pay everything if it will save their lifes.
Abundance114@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Pharma companies can set the prices to whatever they want because they have government protected monopolies over their products.