Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

I can afford the US healthcare cost -- many people cannot. For years I was not covered by employer paid insurance and had access to the healthcare system but for the little I could afford.

When I was about 30 they sent me home from the hospital with a kidney stone lodged in my urethra because I couldn't pay for ultrasonic or surgical treatment. I could have ended up losing a kidney. I went back to work -- ironically fixing a giant brick staircase for a rich doctor. He advised me to hydrate and ambulate (drink a lot of water and keep working and bending) and that kidney stone would probably break up and pass -- fortunately it did. With considerable pain.

That was life for a lot of people before Obamacare. That was 30 years ago. It's pretty pitiful that when you work the best you can you are left to suffer or die. I think the healthcare I get is pretty good now but today I can afford to pay for it. I am the same person (human) I was 30 years ago -- why was that bust ass hard working guy treated so poorly?