Let's say an American has to
have a very expensive treatment for stage IV cancer that exceeds their insurance's lifetime limit and they can't work. They can say goodbye to their health insurance, goodbye to their savings and hello to bill collectors will force them into bankruptcy where they have to justify keeping a home, a vehicle and the clothes on their back. Dying and having to pay late fees that a person can't pay. It's criminal.
It really sucks when that person is married with children. It's often better for the spouse to divorce them and take all the assets well ahead of declaring bankruptcy so they can't be liquidated and lose everything.
This is what corporate hospitals, for-profit insurance companies and big pharma has reduced care to: make as much money as possible while screwing over patients, and killing them with substandard care compared to the rest of established economies. Unregulated capitalism is a cannibal.
It really sucks when that person is married with children. It's often better for the spouse to divorce them and take all the assets well ahead of declaring bankruptcy so they can't be liquidated and lose everything.
This is what corporate hospitals, for-profit insurance companies and big pharma has reduced care to: make as much money as possible while screwing over patients, and killing them with substandard care compared to the rest of established economies. Unregulated capitalism is a cannibal.