He was right, wasn’t he? Feels good to say it in a place where I won’t get banned for expressing it. Luigi was right.

Luigi legitimately wasn't the shooter, though.

Well, they said that half struggled to afford it. They didn’t mention how many didn’t have a chance of affording it.

Close to 10% of our population dont have any health insurance at all. Nearly 30 million.

AT LEAST 15% is uninsured, dont know about being on medicaid/care though.

us spent it all on DEFENSE BUDGET.

I'm so sorry. I wouldn't wish endo on my worst enemy. It is a hell that anyone who hasn't experienced cannot understand.

My meds were $1300 a month without insurance. It required pre-authorization from the insurance that needed to be redone every 6 months and I could only get 28 days filled at a time, but it only cost me something like $20. The side effects were awful, but not nearly as awful as the alternative.

I'm eternally grateful for the fact that after years of pain and begging dismissive doctors to treat me I found an amazing surgeon who went "why are you still dealing with this when you don't want kids, you want a hysterectomy, I'll do one" and by some miracle my insurance company also approved it without arguing about it. I also got lucky that I had my initial visit just before my employer's year end open enrollment for insurance, so I did the math and figured out that I'd save a lot of money if I switched for the year to the higher premium/low deductible insurance they offered. My entire surgery, pre-surgery labs, pre surgery surgeon visits, prescription and OTC medications, and other little stuff I needed for recovery all cost me less than $1000 total.

The surgery was hands down the best thing that ever happened to me.

My wife's heart medication, which is not a daily thing, only on demand, is staggering without insurance. Her kids in the Philippines send it to her for $10.

Here in West Europe (differs per country):

• mandatory health insurance, ~1200 euros per year (low income households are eligible for a subsidy)
• deductible of about 300 euros per year
• after that, healthcare and medicines are covered
• secondary costs (e.g. dietary costs or travel costs) may be tax deductible

might try checking cost+ drugs to see if they have it

have you checked costplus, mark cubans site. or goodrx? if its a specialty drug it might be more difficult.

different plans might be better for some people. i assume you dont ahve dental or paying that out of pocket?

dental costs are even worst than healthcare because its mostly not covered even if you buy different dental insurance.

mental care seems very tricky for any insurance in general. the ones insurances in my area is very hesitent to refer to these professionals and prescribe the meds, since they can be abused/trafficked they require extra authorization.

half of the other half didn't "struggle" because they already gave up on trying to get health care in the first place.

Since the Big Beautiful Bill killed my Obamacare, I stopped going to the doctor. Starting to build up some problems but my wife just got "promoted" off the temp company and the insurance isn't much more for both of us than only her.

I'm guessing that like unemployment, you just aren't counted in the numbers if you are too far beyond struggle. Not so much as a check-up in 10+ years? Must be perfectly healthy! No? Uh...

I wonder how is his healthcare plan, he should put it the test in a variety of scenarios, each one more challenging than the previous one.

Yeah that was the other half. I think all Americans that needed healthcare struggled to afford it.