Oh yeah, I’ve dreamed about the same!

So I had $50,000 debt from my misdiagnosed appendicitis that turned gangrenous, which I could never pay. Fortunately, after a year of getting collections called on me and losing everything I had ever saved, a charity paid all but several thousand on my behalf.

Then before I could pay off those thousands, I was involunantarily put in the psych ward and dumped out a couple days later with no ride home: $8000 (still paying, still accruing interest)

Then my celiac/severe lactose intolerance diagnoses cost several thousand, I don’t even know, I stopped keeping track

And through all this, the only times I didn’t have to wait months were when my appendix had turned gangrenous and was about to kill me, and when the cops put me in custody.

I’ve had a toothache for a couple years, but I haven’t gone into the dentist because … that’s more thousands, for sure. I’m thinking about taking out dental insurance, but is it worth it? I’ve had it in the past, and I still paid thousands out of pocket.

I can’t even express what I’d give to have access to just basic healthcare.

Oh, and not that this should matter, but I’ve always done everything “right.” I put what I could in savings (wasn’t enough), I’ve worked 40+ hours a week, I’ve tried to always have insurance (except the year that I got appendicitis because my employer opted not to rehire me when they learned that I was gay).

We probably can’t migrate to Canada, probably not Norway (even though I have family there), but we’ve talked about Mexico where he’s from, where even though it’s not really socialized, at least it’s not so far out of reach for us.

Sorry, didn’t mean to make this all about me. I feel like the people who oppose universal healthcare are people who are rich enough to at least never have to go through this sort of thing and can deceive themselves into thinking what we have now is working.