His skis are very expensive. Common people can not afford them.

他的滑雪板很贵，一般人买不起。

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Even more, some people can not afford the large medical expenses only waiting the life pass at home, some people spent all of the money because of long time sick.

更糟糕的是，有些人看不起病，有些人因为高昂的医药费而只有在家等死，还有些人因为长期生病而一贫如洗。

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Studies have shown that not all these people are indigent: a quarter or more can afford insurance, but choose not to buy it.

研究表明并非所有人都是因为缺钱而不购买健康保险，超过四分之一的人能够买得起保险，但却选择不买。

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And that right now we can no longer afford to incarcerate, see, more than two million people, and take them not only out of workforce, but keeping them away from information of knowledge of literacy.

现在，我们已没有能力,去限制两亿人口，让他们，脱离劳动力，让他们脱离信息,知识或文化素养。

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Lots of people can not afford to buy a home, something the council says contributes to the borough's high levels of homelessness - more than 3, 000 households are in temporary accommodation.

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The two men agree that these are best addressed by requiring all but the smallest companies to provide health insurance for their employees, by the provision of tax breaks for people who can not afford to buy cover and by setting up a (relatively low-cost) federally-backed insurance system that anyone could opt into if they choose not to go the private route.

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Studies have shown that not all these people are indigent: a quarter or more can afford insurance, but choose not to buy it.

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