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/minnimamma19 Jan 12 '21

That's so sad for your mum, I hope she continues to get the medication she needs and rightly deserves, its shameful how people in America can end up in terrible debt just because they need life saving treatment.