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In reply to the discussion: Nobody mentions the financial devastation... [View all]Trueblue Texan
(4,617 posts)Most folks have very little money left after paying their bills. Most insurance pays 80% of hospital costs. The insured pays the remaining 20%. 20% of a hospital bill after 40 days in the hospital, half of that on a ventilator is overwhelming, not to mention the loss of pay from being out of work. Furthermore, many will lose health insurance when they are out of work because their paychecks paid the premiums. No paycheck=no insurance. But even if you don't get very sick with the virus, you'll miss income because you'll have to quarantine. Most folks don't have the money to miss work for 2 weeks. This is reality. Two weeks without pay will push them further underwater.
Have you seen how poor some of the Trump supporters are? I always want to ask them, "Just how poor do you want to be?" I cannot understand why they keep shooting themselves in the foot.