Sad State of Health
We all know healthcare in the US is in a sorry state but it’s even harder when you see someone close to you suffering in silence. Two days ago I look out the window and I see a neighbor, a grown woman crawling on all fours and I could see intense pain on her face. It turns out she sprained her ankle badly. At least we assume it’s a sprain because she refuses to go to the ER.
Not because she’s afraid of hospitals but because she’s terrified of the bill. Cindy sat there in pain and told me she had to choose between going to the ER and putting her family out on the street because she couldn’t pay the medical bills that would build up if she went and her rent and utilities. She has not been to get a checkup since she was a teenager almost 20 years ago and could be dying for all she knows.
The sad truth is that there are millions of people in this situation and no one seems to know how to deal with getting them help.
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