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Re:Tell HN: Jonathan Dale's Cancer Fundraiser isn't Doing We... by ma2rten on Sunday June 29, 2014 @02:35PM (#7961953)
That is exactly the point...

In no other developed country (or should I say in no developed country) do people die because they can not pay their medical bills.

The system has to change.

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Re:Tell HN: Jonathan Dale's Cancer Fundraiser isn't Doing We... by chrisBob on Monday June 30, 2014 @02:31PM (#7966696)
Its actually worse than that. Preventative care is not guaranteed, but emergency care, at a hospital emergency room is. This way caring for someone with a minor illness or injury often ends up being more expensive because they can only get help when it becomes life threatening.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02...

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