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It might not be sunshine and rainbows, but when i read about Americans taking an Uber to the hospital because they can't or don't want to afford an ambulance i can only shake my head in disbelief.

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Yeah, ambulances should absolutely be covered through taxes. At least the ambulances people can call through 911/112.

I once ran into a woman with stage IV cancer and a nasal medication infusion pump who was on her way to a bankruptcy hearing to justify keeping her clothes and living arrangements while the hospitals, doctors and insurance companies vampiricly liquidated her life and all of her possessions. That's where America is right now. If you're sick, you'll likely go bankrupt (it's the leading cause) and you still won't necessarily be able to afford proper treatment.. and then if you die, your family will be most likely be destitute.

PS: "rugged individualism" based on "pulling oneself up by their bootstraps" was taken from a children's fairytale about an impossible task.

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