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biophysboylast Friday at 6:33 PM1 replyview on HN

? expenses related to medical care are borne by americans at a personal level


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lenerdenatorlast Friday at 9:40 PM

Americans who lack health insurance or who have bad health insurance that won't cover all but the most catastrophic of claims.

Think about it: you're a person with a chronic condition that's severely impacting your life. Treating or curing it requires doctor visits, medications, or some other sort of expense that you just cannot afford. You see someone say that it can be treated with some cheap, commonly-available chemicals, but "Big Pharma" and the medical-industrial complex don't want you to know about it because it'll put them out of business. All you have to do is pay $19.95 for their book on it.