lmao without obamacare, i would have died at 23, a month ago.
kidney stones are completely curable, but I never would have seen a doctor, because I never would have been diagnosed with them. I would have been in constant excruciating pain and never know why.
I would get an infection in february 2017, and I would die, at 23. I would never know why I died, or why I was in pain, because I would never have been afforded the luxury to ask a doctor about my pain.
I would have simply sucked it up, as not to fall further in debt, knowing I cannot afford medical attention, and therefore am undeserving of asking questions like “why am I feeling this pain?”
People say, the poor would go to the hospital in time if they thought they were going to die, and that they would deal with the debt they accrue from said visit. this is untrue. Many of us would rather die than be a financial burden.
Many of us feel we are never sick enough to deserve the expense of medical attention, to deserve the expense of seeing a doctor. Many of us die because of this.