[sheepmullet]

Because you have made the choice to look after your sick parents?

I haven’t made the choice to look after your parents.

[fzeroracer]

It seems you've managed to miss the point entirely.

Everyone gets older. Everyone gets sicker and medical issues start to crop up as they get older. The people that then have to deal with medical bills are the children and relatives. Meaning you have a choice to make: Go bankrupt helping your family, or maintain your status by abandoning their health.

I hope your family never gets ill because otherwise you'll either end up financially bankrupt or heartless.

[sheepmullet]

> Everyone gets sicker and medical issues start to crop up as they get older.

I disagree. I’m old enough to have been around before we had so many health problems.

It is one of the main drivers of our quickly increasing health costs.

When I was growing up we had smoking and that’s pretty much it.

> It seems you've managed to miss the point entirely.

Most people will change their lifestyle to help their immediate family when they wouldn’t change to help taxpayers as a whole.

> I hope your family never gets ill

It’s far too late for that - I’m an old man and I’ve seen lots of people I love pass away.