Her lab results fluctuated wildly after thyroid surgery but she is now at home.
We have very high taxes here that should make the healthcare entirely free but it isn't free and people go bankrupt because of healthcare costs except we don't have personal bankruptcy by law, bankruptcy is only for organizations and companies. When a person goes "bankrupt" it means she/he is indebted until they pay their debts but in the mean time the bills collect late fees, interest and court fees. Court may take whatever money worthy you own to pay the debts but even that is not always enough.
They are all bills for her surgery and hospitalization and more than she makes in a month.
Bankruptcy is a protection of liberty, and an underrated feature of the U.S. economy. While nobody wants to be bankrupt, it's a legitimate check against predatory lenders. So important it is specifically mentioned in the constitution. Although the constitution doesn't give it context, a large % of colonists only became colonists as a way to escape debtor's prisons (that's not metaphor: they were literally in jail), and it was an important issue.
Yes, she is doing better now and was even allowed to leave the hospital, except now she is shocked at how much it all cost her. Even the medicines prescribed to her are not cheap.
Her lab results fluctuated wildly after thyroid surgery but she is now at home.
We have very high taxes here that should make the healthcare entirely free but it isn't free and people go bankrupt because of healthcare costs except we don't have personal bankruptcy by law, bankruptcy is only for organizations and companies. When a person goes "bankrupt" it means she/he is indebted until they pay their debts but in the mean time the bills collect late fees, interest and court fees. Court may take whatever money worthy you own to pay the debts but even that is not always enough.
They are all bills for her surgery and hospitalization and more than she makes in a month.
Thank you for the context. Definitely helps and now I get the point even more.
Hope she feels much better soon.
Bankruptcy is a protection of liberty, and an underrated feature of the U.S. economy. While nobody wants to be bankrupt, it's a legitimate check against predatory lenders. So important it is specifically mentioned in the constitution. Although the constitution doesn't give it context, a large % of colonists only became colonists as a way to escape debtor's prisons (that's not metaphor: they were literally in jail), and it was an important issue.
This. And their families went to the poor house.
Yes, she is doing better now and was even allowed to leave the hospital, except now she is shocked at how much it all cost her. Even the medicines prescribed to her are not cheap.