I spent half that time in Critical Care (much of that on a ventilator, a small amount sedated), and most of the rest in a specialist neuro-rehab unit. I would have died otherwise.

Fortunately it cost me nothing - Thank Bevan for the NHS - but if I were in the US I imagine I would be financially crippled!

  • CanadaPlus
    10·
    1 year ago

    So basically, you declare bankruptcy and sell everything you own?

    I mean, I guess I kind of knew that’d be how it would work, unless there’s some kind of protected assets, but it’s crazy people put up with that kind of life-ruining.

      • CanadaPlus
        4·
        1 year ago

        So actual indentured servitude? Or is there some other kind of payment rules?

          • CanadaPlus
            1·
            1 year ago

            If anyone has a specific example, I am pretty curious now.

            • [deleted]@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              Arkansas’s waiver amendment requires able-bodied adults who are eligible through the new adult expansion to satisfy work requirements. The state’s Medicaid program will leverage data matching to identify individuals who are “not on track towards meeting their personal health and economic goals” to support them through “Success Coaching.”

              https://pcghealthpolicy.com/2025/05/29/state-of-the-states-medicaid-work-requirements/

              I would argue that being required to work to get medical care is the moral equivalent of indentured servitude as it is generally forced on those who have to take jobs that pay less than a living wage.