That strikes me as true but sort of beside the point jacquesm was making. If you disagree, though, I'd like to hear your reasoning (really).
It's not true. I've basically been a military dependent my entire life. I've always had free or nearly free medical care. It's part of why I'm alive at all.
There are a lot of other issues with his assertions that I wouldn't know where to begin to address and trying to address them at all looks to me like social suicide for various reasons.
So thank you for the sincere and respectful inquiry, but it isn't likely to go anywhere good to try to answer it in earnest in a substantial manner.
I've lived on the US/Canadian border for 7 years and know the United States quite well, probably I have more friends there than I do here in Europe.
As for your life, you've spent years on HN educating everybody here on it in minute detail so if you want to make the case that I don't know anything about it then I suggest you read back your own comments and associated blog posts. I know more about your life than I know about my sister's.
> He assumes I have huge medical bills because I'm American.
My comment had nothing to do with your medical bills or lack thereof, and - given your comments to date - I would rather assume that they are low.
So to me it looks like the assumptions are all on your end.
On another note it is rather rude to answer to a comment thread and then to berate an earnest reply in this way.
I just didn't want to be silenced on the topic because it happened to be you saying it. I honestly didn't expect you to reply to me at all.
That said, I really wish you'd keep out of these kinds of spats, and/or have the wisdom to know what might trigger or exacerbate them. I could see this one coming a mile away the moment I saw 'jacquesm' replying to 'doreenmichele'. Even if she 'started it'.
And that said, my apologies for inserting myself in this conversation :). I wish you both the best, hope you can find common ground, and enjoy your contributions here a ton!