Hi fern. I feel for your brother. I understand the financial toll that hospitalizations and other medical treatments can bring. I've experienced them, too. I'm glad that Wild Coyote offered some ideas for the present. As for the future, it is up to us in our country (assuming you're from the US) to demand changes to this kind of hardship. We don't have to accept such a reality. Most people in Europe don't suffer such a situation because of their medical healthcare systems. As a person with family in Germany and Czech Republic, if you were to ask them if they'd rather have the US system or theirs, they wouldn't hesitate for a second to say they much prefer theirs. They don't go broke when they get sick. They just don't. They have access to excellent doctors/hospitals, too.

As everyone should know, change will hopefully come if a very great majority asks for improvement. What are our top priorities? Who really plans to make things better, in terms of healthcare? Who will really protect people with pre-existing conditions? For those who think this is a very high priority, the right vote can help make positive changes happen. If the people who represent those who want positive changes are against it, they need to be told. In an ideal world, elected representatives are supposed to represent the majority of their constituents. Not the minority.