Which makes the price tag of not having free healthcare all that more astronomical.

How many people ignore pain, bumps, growths because they're BARELY getting that rent paid every month? Go to the doctor? Shit if it's a choice between having FOOD AND SHELTER and spending possibly quite a lot to get this funny new mark on your skin looked at guess what people are gonna choose?

I've lived that shit. Fuck I'm living it now. I pretty badly need dental work done and if I keep ignoring it it's probably gonna get badly infected, possibly quite dangerously. But it stopped hurting so bad (probably not a great sign) and everytime I check what my coverage and copays are I check my bank account and say "on maybe in a few months I can think about it"

Private healthcare KILLS. On a massive scale. And it's killing the poor/working class more by a long shot.