Right, Oleg... this guy was poor on paper. When you are poor in this country ( legally poor or like this guy) - you are taken care of. And then there are working poor. People who work honestly, and even make more or less reasonable living, but , as Lina said, medical expenses are prohibitive for them. I see this every day. Somebody's employer changes polity to a "high deductible" and people think twice about going to see a doctor. Just today I saw a kid who was walking with fractured arm for 4 days while his mom was thinking whether his pain was severe enough to see a doctor. They have this high deductible account, pay $600 per month for a family of 4, and now she has to pay about $ 300 for this fracture....Ridiculous, don't you think?

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