On Soluble Umbrellas

Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies: "Dr. David Himmelstein, the lead author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard, commented: 'Our findings are frightening. Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy. For middle-class Americans, health insurance offers little protection. Most of us have policies with so many loopholes, co-payments and deductibles that illness can put you in the poorhouse. And even the best job-based health insurance often vanishes when prolonged illness causes job loss – precisely when families need it most. Private health insurance is a defective product, akin to an umbrella that melts in the rain.'"


Fucking insurance companies.