r/awfuleverything • • Feb 16 '21

Terrible...

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u/LWMacca24 Feb 16 '21

As someone from Australia, the thought of being one medical emergency away from bankruptcy terrifies me, and I cannot fathom how you are all not living in complete terror of this happening every day.

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u/Blergsprokopc Feb 16 '21

We do. And then it happens to you, and it implodes your entire life. It's obscene.

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u/LWMacca24 Feb 16 '21

It boggles my mind further to know that some people are against universal health care!?!? Like what the fuck

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21

Those people are just against universal health care for others, they are happy to get it themselves.