Years ago I worked for a guy who had been the CEO of some small health care related company (not “insurance”) sold it, and retired early.
Then his wife got cancer, and her care ate up all their savings, and she died anyway. He had to go back to work in sales, which is where I met him. He had lost all of his money, but he still had some nice suits, and some nice jewelry, and a good watch, so he always looked like a million bucks, and he had that CEO confidence, so he sold very well.
But he should have been retired and enjoying his grandkids, except our health care system destroyed what was left of his life.
Just until America collapses
Every empire’s days are numbered, but I don’t think I can count that high.
Next Tuesday then?
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Why is this news? Some guy is low on cash.
How old is the president? That job is a lot harder to. He should be fine for another 10-15 years at least.
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People like this have no excuses for not becoming national heroes.
She was sent home a day after because we couldn’t afford it.
This is standard normal American thing. Can’t pay the bill? Die, scum! This isn’t new. This isn’t Trump. This is America, always has been. Be proud of it!
I’m so happy that I don’t live in that hell hole
🥰🥰🥰
Who did you vote for, Jeff?
WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR, JEFF‽
As if both parties aren’t in the pocket of the insurance industry.
Obamacare was Romneycare first.
yep
Extremely weird comment when you have no idea about his political views. It doesn’t really matter how the guy voted either, it’s a sad story about a couple being fucked over by the US medical and insurance cartels, and it is needlessly cruel to gloat over it.
No, it absolutely does matter. I am tired of these “we owned the libs” idiots giving each other high fives when a transwoman can’t compete in swimming and then suddenly crying bitter tears after they have no healthcare coverage.
I refuse to even consider feeling bad for somebody if they voted for exactly what they got.
so if that information won’t be provided, I will hold out judgement and ignore the article
That just makes you an asshole.
But not wrong.
He’s a wrong entitled brat whose depth of critical thinking is circlejerking around a failed 2 party system, in which both parties are pro capitalists and want private healthcare.
why should that person be having empathy for some conservative pos who voted to defund healthcare specifically so he could vote against LGBT rights and against women’s rights? this guy could be a cool dude, but he may not be. I need not have sympathy for my enemies.
it means I am focusing my energy on things that are known to be worthwhile, or at least more likely to be
a >50% chance that the person in question is an asshole and undeserving of any sympathy means playing the odds
people get respect when they demonstrate they deserve it
Assuming you voted for fascist-light party, you also voted for this… These issues predate Trump and are fully supported by the “we are capitalists” party.
the people who vote facist light may be perfectly willing to vote harder left if the overton window were shifted… but it’s not shifting… because of many many assholes… and since there are so many assholes, why have sympathy without context?
yep
i want to be your friend. can i run away to canada and do canadian thing with you? i’m not sure what people do in canada… but i want to learn…
They just wanted cheaper eggs.
Why don’t you tell us?
I don’t know. that’s why I’m asking.
It seems like you already made that conclusion.
Rich like Elon musk ,get richer but people like me get poorer! Not fair , Elon musk like people get rich by exploiting and stealing right of other people
There are no real get rich quick schemes, but we live in a world of get richer quick schemes.
So the medical system is putting an elderly person to work and on the road at that.
So if he crashes and injure himself and another person the insurance company can get money from 3 different incidents two of which were avoidable.
I bet they are in their offices saying, “TRIPLE KILL”
Fine example of necrocapitalism.
That’s not in the article at all, like yes he got fucked by the insurance company and the hospital and just life in general but he paid off all that debt built up an IRA with several hundred grand in it, owns 20 acres of property, and traveled around the country
He is currently driving for uber so they can maintain a higher standard of living and so they can leave money for their children
I bet they are in their offices saying, “TRIPLE KILL”
I can hear this phrase.
DooOOMINATING!!!
M-m-m-m-monster kill
kill - kill - kill
Owns a home and a six figure retirement account balance. Tiny violins.
While this (perhaps hypothetical) individual is definitely much better off than most people, they’re still closer to poverty than being in the wealth class. Seriously anyone who makes a million dollars a year USD or less is closer to poverty than being rich. We shouldn’t be taking our frustration out on people who are doing slightly better than ourselves. We should be fighting the billionaire class, and the political leaders who are in their pockets.
Well the best we have is democracy.
…Which, for the people out there with bad fucking comprehension and inference ability, means that you DO have to get these people to vote with us instead of against their own best interest.
The middle are the people holding up change.
But the news is telling me to hate…oh wait.
Got out of SIGNIFICANT medical debt, too, by saving $10 at a time. This story literally makes no sense. I bet this guy doesn’t even exist and it’s AI to advertise for Uber and dunk on the lazy libs.
Businessinsider is almost as much of a joke as Forbes lately
The best healthcare in the world is what these Republicans and blue dogs say.
Is it a coincidence that the money has the top of a pyramid on it? It’s a fucking pyramid scheme. Of course it’s awesome if you’re on top.
Maybe it is for those who can afford it.
Doubt
I mean it’s keeping our president alive against all odds.
It is the best. If you pay for it
Cuba has a cancer “vaccine.” China is doing stem cell and bone glue therapies, I can’t recall everything else. I’m a bit wiped out getting accustomed to new work and sleep hours, sorry.
All the old people who are getting into trouble because of life, have had their whole lives to stear politics into a more social direction to prevent all of this from happening.
Reminder that GenZ swung Trump.
It’s pretty hard to stear politics in a more progressive direction when the society you live in is uneducated as fuck and uneducated people turn into conservative voters.
I mean they also raised gen z so.
All I ever hear from Americans is complaining everything is shit, there’s nothing they can do, nothing will ever change because others need to do it and not them which will never happen.
That way it will never change, if no one does anything and everyone is just perfecting their victim role.
Go educate people, get into politics, fight fake news, kill a health insurance CEO, etc.
Trump was the progressive candidate in that election. He offered change, Kamala didn’t. Kamala was the ‘business as usual’ candidate.
If the D offer up a candidate on a change platform, they’d get the votes. But they didn’t. Hopefully they do in '28.
I think you should look up the definition of progressive.
Change doesn’t mean progress.
You’re not wrong, but that generation has some wild variance in politics and leopards eat everyone’s faces if you let them
that’s just sad. At 76, he should be rejoicing in retirement. It’s pretty fucked up. :/
My grandparents are going through it too. Grandma had a stroke. Grandpa can’t afford the medical bills. They apparently had to get divorced so that insurance would help, so I’ve heard… but yeah. They had to fly my youngest brother into town so that he could care for my grandma while my grandfather works.
I’m sorry. It’s not fair. I wish your family well
Trash country is trash.
