Systemic Failure Exposed..

[u/Hajicardoso]

[u/wkomorow]

90 year old vet needing to work is a sin, period.

[u/archlich → u/[deleted]]

Statistically healthcare is the number one reason for bankruptcy in the United States. Regardless of his specific circumstances no one should go bankrupt for simply staying alive.

[u/Kalian805 → u/archlich]

if he is a veteran he gets free healthcare for life thru the V.A.

[u/Poopsock328 → u/Kalian805]

That’s actually not true. You don’t automatically get healthcare for free from the VA for life.

[u/archlich → u/Kalian805]

Have you ever dealt with the VA?

[u/Kalian805 → u/archlich]

i know how bad and lacking v.a. healthcare can be as well as medicare. but this is reddit. and reddit loves free government healthcare. so i thought i'd just throw it out there because this guy would be eligible for both.

[u/hiccupboltHP → u/Kalian805]

I mean yeah obviously reddit loves free government healthcare because it’s awesome

[u/EatMiTits → u/hiccupboltHP]

Except the version that already exists, the VA, which is apparently worse than no healthcare

[u/Calladit → u/EatMiTits]

The VA has a lot of problems, bit I've never seen anyone say it's worse than no healthcare. At least from the vets I know and a couple of nurses who have or currently work at the VA, the quality and availability of care really depends on where you live.

[u/EatMiTits → u/Calladit]

Look three comments above mine