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I think you're making a jump that is quite true. Nothing is free, here or there. Never will be. And out of pocket, when i was poorer, was small because I went without care. At least until the blood poisoning hospitalized me.
And that was your choice to go without health care. I do not know the exact circumstances behind your life story so it's hard to comment or conduct any serious analysis. You may not have been able to prevent the disease, but you most certainly could have gotten health coverage one way or another. Unless of course you were so poor that you qualified for some sort of charity, be it government-run or private. But you can't convince me that you had absolutely only one option and that was to go without care.