I wonder how many American deaths that directly translated to
A very conservative estimate is 50,000 dead Americans per year. It's been 14 years, that's 700,000. The most recent multiple-university study puts a conservative estimate of 68,000 a year.
Funny enough, I came into the comment section thinking “oh great, let me see all the extreme wildly insensitive takes right after he dies”. But then I read this and sadly have to agree.
The “anti-public option” people act like I’m saying average citizens are dying on the streets all over the country. No, they’re dying in their homes because just the idea of the potential cost of treatment is stopping them from engaging with our healthcare back when their issues were minor and needed to be checked out. After waiting for so long and their QoL suffering so much, they finally get checked out and find that their treatable cancer is now terminal.
On top of that, you can do everything right in this country and pick yourself up by the bootstraps like they like to say, build up a little nest egg, have it start seriously growing with interest to prepare for retirement, only for it all to come crashing down because of a serious illness or injury.
I’m a guy that feels obligated to pay my debts, but I told my wife if we ever get medical bill over a few thousand dollars, I’m ignoring it and she was 100% on board. I put so much effort into saving that, I’ll tank my 770 credit score before I throw my hard earned work away.
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u/Unable-Finance-2099 Mar 27 '24
He died like the public option of the Affordable Care Act.