As someone broke in America and chronically ill, most of us do just suffer and hope that we don't die.
I'm lucky that I qualify for medicaid, which means that all the healthcare stuff they cover is free. But very few people qualify for it, and it's super easy to get kicked off of it.
When I was able to work I had to go to the hospital sometimes. I still get calls from debt collectors over it. I just didn't pay. Now, that wouldn't work well for most people since it destroys your credit, which you need to buy houses/cars/etc. But I figure that I'm probably never going to dig my way out of poverty unless I literally win the lottery so I didn't pay hospital bills.
And now I have the number blocked on my phone so I just gotta delete that message once a day and they don't bother me that much anymore. lol
If y'all don't remember the OLD old days of knuffel when you would have to feed/play with your knuffels were full TWICE to get all of the digs out of them. It's much easier now.
