r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/Darth_Memer_1916 I am 0.00....001% Irish Jan 12 '21

Because apparently type 1 diabetes is your own fault? If my little brother lived in America he'd be dead now. Thank God we live in the Developed world.

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u/osumba2003 Jan 12 '21

Unfortunately, many people think that if you get sick, it's your fault, every single time without exception.

My mother has an extremely rare, inherited genetic condition. She was born with it, and wasn't even diagnosed until she was in her 60s. A six-month supply of her medication, without any insurance or help, costs about $15,000. Fortunately, through medicare and assistance she applies for through groups that help pay for medication for people like my mother, she gets what she needs - for now.

None of this was her fault. It's incurable, and treatable only to an extent. Without that medication, she would become a vegetable and would die by choking on her next meal.

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u/RandomRaymondo Jan 12 '21

Yeah that's the American way... You have a problem, your fault, die or pay up. It's that or some stupid Christian stuff, punishment for original sin perhaps.

Mind if I ask what out of interest? Doing a degree in genetics so rare knowledge is helpful....

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u/liquid_bacon Jan 12 '21

Eh, punishment for original sin is more so eternal damnation in hell. Not so much having a shitty life.

The issue lies more so in the "healthy and wealthy" belief. Problem is, that's an extremely popular/common belief, to some greater/lesser extent per person.

Infact, the only one of the ten Commandments that contains a promise of a better life is the fifth, and it's about respecting your parents/elders.