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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
Finally, if money and giving-a-fuck (ignorance is no excuse) are both absent, hopefully the less fortunate can rely on the personal charity of hospital, doctor, or peer to prevent their mistakes as individuals from catching up to them.
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And the fortunate-enough, the ones who dumped ~$6k a year for ~33 years, are supposed to sit idly by as their coverage is denied on the whims of their carrier? These are the same fortunate-enough people who don't have a choice how they handle medical needs -- their options are dictated to them and sometimes at a cost that wipes out a good portion of their short-term savings. What happens when illness strikes in close proximity and financial stability is not quite back where it needs to be?
Your ideals presume that the only reason people get sick or need medical attention is because they are weak or because they weren't wearing a foam body suit. Prevent their mistakes? Tell a dying relative that their cancer is a preventable mistake.