Be afraid Ruk... about 4 months ago I fell while working a gig job. Broke one wrist and severely sprained the other. So it put me out of commission. With medicare and my supplemental, I am still being nickeled and dimed with co-pays. I cut my treatment to the bare minimum too.
Thankfully I am mostly still healthy for an old broad and within reach... but dayummmmmm.
I was speaking to a friend from Berlin she was floored that I had to pay anything at my age.
Don't get me started on what cataract surgery ran me... again I went for the minimums... which fortunately worked for me.
Sometimes I feel blue-collar artisan types like me are destined to be pushed into poverty... and then complained about what a burden we are once we get there.
annnnnnnd somehow there are more of us eating, getting fat, and living longer than at any time in recorded history... not sure how long we're supposed to live... maybe that is why we can focus on minutia
this is interesting... www.statista.com