Me: "Our country's system is so fucked up. I was standing in the aisle at Osco for fifteen minutes, arguing with myself over A DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS. And yet the government says I make too much money to qualify for assistance. There is now a test available that can determine, if you have cancer already, whether or not you are likely to have a recurrence, but people won't take advantage of it, because if it's determined you are likely to have a recurrence, the insurance companies will drop your coverage for therapy. You'll still be covered for hospice care, but you'd better die within six months. Why does it have to be either/or? Why can't you have chemotherapy - if it's beneficial to you - and get hospice care at the same time? Why can't our system be more like those in Europe, where people are taken care of in situations like this?"
Tracey: "Because then you'd be a socialist pinko commie."
Me: "Oh, yeah. That's right."