Wow, that's is so true.

And I'm so sorry about your circumstances. Glad you were able to beat the cancer!

You get sick, then you get punished for being sick. A friend's wife died after 5 bouts of cancer (spreading somewhere else each time) over about 15 years, he was over 3 MILLION in debt, a working man and with kids) despite having what was considered "very good" medical insurance through his job (20% copay of a Jillian adds up!).
He was able to talk the hospitals, etc into taking "only" about half a million, and took 2 more jobs to pay it all off over several years.
One of the very best things about Obama care is the $6000/year cap on indebtedness! Which, may you never have to find out about!

It has been the capitalistic fascists who are out to destroy any form of National Health, Single payer healthcare type programs everywhere on this planet!!!

These fascists want to profit off of everyone even in death!!!

Fascists is the marriage of the State and Corporations!!!

I am truly sorry to hear of your plight. It’s so sad that millions of people are either bankrupted by their healthcare costs or just simply die because they can't pay for treatment in the wealthiest country in the world. What exactly is it about universal healthcare, free at the point of need and paid for out of taxation, that is so objectionable to large numbers of American citizens? It puzzles me, and makes me thankful every day that we in the U.K. have our NHS...introduced in 1947 by a Labour (Socialist) government. My thoughts and good wishes go out to you.

Just to be clear, I had a minor skin cancer, they burned it right out. $2,300 out of my pocket. A shot of Cisplatin that hurt me for a month $2,000. Cancer screening including a colonoscopy $1,800. Lab test and medications.
And on it goes.
But it worked, no cancer detected.
That’s two medical victories within one year, I also recovered from type II diabetes.
So I’m lucky, and broke, I went $23,000 in the hole more or less. So far, anyway.
But I met people that were hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
So I’ll say again, I am lucky, and I have a job a really good one.
Even if I live in Motel 6 or my car.