One of my listeners, (thanks, DJ,) shared an article she found on-line. It’s from
NBC
. It’s a topic which I think should be the major issue addressed by our Presidential candidates.
Healthcare.
Courtney Reich, 28, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2009. Even though she was on her family’s health insurance at the time, she said she had to pay hundreds of dollars every month for her insulin, which was necessary for her survival.
But when the Chicago native moved to Germany, Reich said she was shocked to learn both her insulin and insulin pump were totally covered — no out-of-pocket expenses.
“As a student at a public university in Germany, I automatically qualified for the public health care system,” Reich said. “I was really surprised that everything necessary to take care of my diabetes was covered, 100 percent.”
Reich said she couldn’t help feeling like a drain on the country’s system, and expressed those feelings to her German friends.
They reassured her they simply viewed health care differently.
“It’s about having a safety net, because tomorrow you don’t know what could happen,”
Read the Article
Here
.
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