I want to reply with a joke about how America is a big country and people need to talk louder because of it, but you raise a very good question.
I would venture a guess that your suggestion about the space being bigger and people having to project their voices as a possible reason.
I have Acute Myloid Leukemia.
In the State of Oregon, to treat that with a side trip through "lets get a bone marrow transplant land" it costs $2 million dollars.
I had a doctor state that they don't know what causes Leukemia, but it's not genetic, so there is nothing I could have done to prevent it and my family didn't give it to me.
Are you going to save up $2 million dollars in case you get diagnosed with something that does not have any symptoms? Because I didn't have any. One month I was fine, and the next I couldn't get to from my car to my desk at work without stopping somewhere along the way to rest.
To a certain degree, I see your point about paying for something that you are not really using. It sucks. But if you need it, it is really nice that you already have it.
There is a reason why some people literally go bankrupt with medical bills. Even with insurance, it can still get pretty costly.
Isn't that why the Occupy protests never really went anywhere? There was no plan for afterward.
Yeppers. Now I have to go listen to it to get rid of it.
I once got summoned while I was in the hospital being treated for Leukemia. They gave me an exemption and some get well wishes.
I have had lots of chemo. It sucks. Good luck!
Did you name your wheelie-thingy? (that they hang the bags on). I named mine Otis. I figured if Otis was good enough to keep the elevators from crashing to the ground, then he was good enough to sort out how much of what drug I am getting at the time.