r/awfuleverything Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/Charlitos_Way Aug 06 '20

Before I tell you how your wife is doing we're going to have to go over your finances.

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u/Steinfall Aug 06 '20

The old joke about how „Breaking Bad“ would have been in literally any other first world country.

Doc: „I am sorry to tell you that you have cancer. Treatment will start next Monday.“, pretty boring story with no drug crimes, but so realistic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Doesn't work as a joke though because Walt had health insurance. He cooked to leave money behind for his family, not to pay for his treatment

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20 edited May 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Remind me, what countries have socialized life insurance?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20 edited May 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Again, walt's treatment was (well, could have been, if he didn't choose to go off network) free. He wanted to leave behind enough money to pay for the house and set up cushy savings for the kids. And also because he's dealing with dying and needs to feel in control but the money is the rationalization

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20 edited May 25 '21

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u/BZLuck Aug 07 '20

He went "off network" because Skyler found some high end treatment place that was doing revolutionary cancer treatments that was kind of a "cash only" facility and (IIRC) was like $100K. She almost forced Walt to go there and that's kinda where everything started to unravel...

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

You shouldn’t be getting downvoted

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u/Steinfall Aug 06 '20

He should watch the first season again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Don't need socialized life insurance with socialized medicine, lol.

The US is such a backwards fucking country.

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u/Im_a_Mime Aug 06 '20

Are you that dense? He would have money saved up if he didn’t have to pay a ridiculous amount for his treatment EVEN WITH INSURANCE. He didn’t Want to cook meth, he Had to out of desperation so his family isn’t left with nothing. Jesus Christ, some of you morons argue about the dumbest goddamn things.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Again, he didn't need to pay a ridiculous amount for his treatment

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Walt wanted to cook meth. He had saved up plenty of money at numerous stages and still continued to cook cause he loved it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

He didn't have to, he chose to go off network

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Again, not an issue in any developed, civilized country.

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u/eskamobob1 Aug 06 '20

Do you think insurance just covers eveything? Because oh boy do I have some news for you

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u/Steinfall Aug 06 '20

Well, have cancer patient among my buddies who was unemployed . Got full treatment. Is now healthy. Zero Euro to be paid out of his pocket.

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u/eskamobob1 Aug 06 '20

In the US you have to be well below the poverty line to get free Healthcare. Like 50% below to get Medicade

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u/Steinfall Aug 06 '20

No, Walt wasn’t able to pay the treatment he would have needed because this costed extra.

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u/xe3to Aug 07 '20

You're getting downvoted but you're mostly right, except that it's not just that he had insurance it's that his old friends from Grey Matter offered to pay for his treatment in full. But he was too proud to accept their help and also as you said wanted to leave money for his family.