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Comment by soVeryTired

Medical bankruptcy isn't really a thing in the rest of the world. That's part of the safety net, and it's hard to reconcile with the notion of 'personal responsibility'.

> I don't expect everyone else to pay for my family's bad luck / misfortune

If you take out an insurance contract, that's exactly what you're doing.

parent soVeryTired 9 years ago

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