"Can I afford to save my child's life?" Is not a question that any parent should be forced to ask

[iluvtennis]

Rep. Joe Kennedy III
@RepJoeKennedy
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“Can I afford to save my child’s life?” Is not a question that any parent should be forced to ask as they sit in the parking lot outside an emergency room. Our tiered health care system is killing people & our failure to do enough to fix it is heartbreaking.

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“Am I a bad person?” Why one mom didn’t take her kid to the ER — even after poison control said to.
The emergency room bill I can’t stop thinking about - https://www.vox.com/health-care/2019/5/10/18526696/health-care-costs-er-emergency-room

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This shouldn't be happening in America - parents not taking their child to emergency room for fear of a bill. So dismaying.

[Stuart G]

1. Very sad ...Yes, "This shoudn't be happening in America"

But it is.

[Doodley]

2. Can I afford to save my mother-in-laws life? Or my wife's life?

Yes, but to do that I forego health insurance for myself.

[iluvtennis]

3. But that's the point, you shouldn't have to forego health insurance. The US is the richest country

in the world and there is no reason there isn't universal health care for all and that is greed -- greedy insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.

Just think what could be done if the weekly individual employee and employer health insurance deductions went to a common fund to provide health care for all. It can be done.

[Doodley]

4. I agree. I'm from the UK. They pay the same in taxes for

healthcare. Healthcare outcomes are better. They live longer. And they don't have to buy insurance as well as pay taxes that go towards healthcare. Here in US, people are dying and going broke for two reasons - corporate greed and government corruption.

[iluvtennis]

5. I applaud the UK/ other countries that provide healthcare for their ppl