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16. My late brother's last hospital bill....

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:44 AM

21 hrs ago

...for a week in ICU was $1.1mln. Yeah, insurance covered most of it. But w/o it, his family would be bankrupt.

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Perhaps 200 years. efhmc 22 hrs ago #2

I doubt it. spanone 22 hrs ago #4

It will be a concept of a plan. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #3

It'll be something that doesn't have the name "Obama" attached to it. Liberal In Texas 21 hrs ago #12

Translation; gab13by13 21 hrs ago #5

Rename it trump care. He'll support it. BOSSHOG 21 hrs ago #6

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It's already been named "GOPeeDon'tCare." n/t lastlib 21 hrs ago #15

Isn't that exactly what we have now? subterranean 21 hrs ago #17

Yep leftstreet 20 hrs ago #18

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That's pretty much what HSAs are, so nothing new. Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #13

My late brother's last hospital bill.... lastlib 21 hrs ago #16

The traitor loves to kill Americans. dalton99a 21 hrs ago #11

Republicans! Save yourselves! no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #14