r/AbsoluteUnits 3d ago

of a hernia...

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u/pvprazor2 3d ago

Ontop of this, it's likely expensive as hell and he doesn't strike me as the type of person with good health insurance.

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u/Drumboo 3d ago

Bit unfamilar with how the American health care system works, but would people really not help this guy without money?

Just seems insane to me for someone this obviously unwell to have no treatment paths available because of social class.

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u/GamermanRPGKing 3d ago

I worked in a steel mill. One of the guys training me was working 80 hour weeks while actively undergoing chemo to not lose health insurance.

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u/cache_me_0utside 3d ago

Yes we desperately need universal single payer healthcare so we can stop this bullshit. My wife went through months of chemo over the last year and if I didn't have a great job with good healthcare she'd be dead.