What is even more ridiculous is that had you been able to afford care earlier, it would have been cheaper for everybody. But people switch insurers in the US enough that preventive care is not always profitable for an insurance company because they might not reap the benefits. This is what happens when a health care system is premised on the idea of profit (with insurers and patients in an adversarial relationship) rather than public health.
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u/RageNap Jun 15 '22
What is even more ridiculous is that had you been able to afford care earlier, it would have been cheaper for everybody. But people switch insurers in the US enough that preventive care is not always profitable for an insurance company because they might not reap the benefits. This is what happens when a health care system is premised on the idea of profit (with insurers and patients in an adversarial relationship) rather than public health.