and let's talk about the scramble that the affordable care act introduced by president obama caused. i knew people whose hours at their minimum wage jobs were being cut because otherwise their employers were legally bound to provide health care for their workers. the funniest thing was that one of the politicians advocating against obamacare actually ended up signing up for it after he lost his health insurance when his wife was laid off.

overall hospital visits right now are a nightmare but obamacare helps somewhat. i personally think we aren't going to be totally better off unless we fully socialize health care the way canada or some european countries have because otherwise we're going to keep having cases like some of the ones anons have listed above :(