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After Working ‘Every Single Day For 30 Years’ This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End
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After Working ‘Every Single Day For 30 Years’ This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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Health care in the U.S seems to be one of those topics that can divide up a room quickly. What is the best system? What’s wrong with the current system? Who can implement the best ideas? Well, according to the Pew Research Center, regardless of income, 83% of Americans say that the high cost of medical treatments is what makes quality care unaffordable to the public.

If you have never been forced to take a hard look at the medical system in action it may be difficult to understand exactly how much these treatments can be. So someone on Reddit re-shared the story of a 71-year-old man who lost his wife to cancer, and the the toll the expense of medical care took on their lives. Scroll down below to read the post, it may shock you. (Facebook cover image: danthoms | Cover image: first_time_mama)

Someone recently shared a story to explain why the U.S health care system is “inhumane”

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Image source: franchise opportunities

It was a post from a 71-year-old man:

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

After Working 'Every Single Day For 30 Years' This Couple Gets Screwed By American Healthcare System At The End

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Ilona Baliūnaitė

Ilona Baliūnaitė

Author, BoredPanda staff

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The American Dream huh? Thanks but I’ll stick to the European one.

BC
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I will stick to the Canadian one too. It is not necessarily free because we have astronomical taxes but when I see someone sick and getting treatment without going broke, I tell myself that is where mu taxes go and I feel better. I have been a recipient too and I am grateful that I have a second lease in life enough to raise my kids to adulthood without losing our home and be neck-deep in debt.

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Kjorn
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is what happen in a country who put so many money in their military budget instead of medical

Lynn Cai
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what happens when a country spends the most on medical compared to any other country but only ends up with the dollars being wasted.

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The American Dream huh? Thanks but I’ll stick to the European one.

BC
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I will stick to the Canadian one too. It is not necessarily free because we have astronomical taxes but when I see someone sick and getting treatment without going broke, I tell myself that is where mu taxes go and I feel better. I have been a recipient too and I am grateful that I have a second lease in life enough to raise my kids to adulthood without losing our home and be neck-deep in debt.

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Kjorn
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is what happen in a country who put so many money in their military budget instead of medical

Lynn Cai
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what happens when a country spends the most on medical compared to any other country but only ends up with the dollars being wasted.

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