@Hikermick@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 10 months agoJoe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax proposals during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down125
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkJoe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax proposals during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49apnews.com@Hikermick@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareMammallinkfedilinkEnglish37•10 months agoLike what happens to most Americans in the US healthcare system: The cancer that killed him also wiped out his family’s savings.
minus-square@Hikermick@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink0•10 months agoIs that true? I didn’t see that in the article. I was hoping he had Obamacare because I enjoy irony
minus-squareMammallinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoFrom the 2nd paragraph of the OP: “His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer.” The way Americans deal with medical bankruptcy are the ‘online fundraising’ sites. If things are well financially, they don’t use them.
Like what happens to most Americans in the US healthcare system: The cancer that killed him also wiped out his family’s savings.
Is that true? I didn’t see that in the article. I was hoping he had Obamacare because I enjoy irony
From the 2nd paragraph of the OP:
“His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer.”
The way Americans deal with medical bankruptcy are the ‘online fundraising’ sites. If things are well financially, they don’t use them.