I keep hearing from my American friends and family how much it sucks to live in America right now and how horrible President Obama is, but I just wanted to make it clear that it’s so much worse over here.
Tomorrow I’ll have to go and see my neurologist and it will be cost me a bloody fortune: about $40. My medication runs a ridiculous $30 for a four-month supply. I just don’t know how I manage this nightmare. However, this is not just happening to me. My friend Mark recently had his very own hellish experience with the Swedish health care system, and he barely got through it alive and financially intact.
If only I were back in the US where I’d be paying thousands of dollars for the same treatment. The fact that no American insurance company will offer me coverage due to my pre-existing medical condition is just better all around. Those companies need to make money and someone like me is a huge liability. In fact, it would be much more convenient for them if I just died. What the hell is Obama thinking trying to pass a health care reform bill? Doesn’t he know that Americans care more about money than they do about peoples’ lives?
What an un-American freak.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 8:06 pm and is filed under Complaints Department, Irony, Living in Sweden, Observations. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
lol I say! Well done.
Purr-fect! Thanks for the nod in my direction.