慢性疾病的治疗费用可以轻易地达到每月2000美元——难怪四分之一的美国人付不起他们的医药费。
Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top $2,000 a month—no wonder that one in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescriptions.
当你看到某个生病或即将死亡的人被送到医院，即使你知道他们不能支付治疗费用，你又怎么能把他们拒之门外？
When you see somebody brought into the hospital, ill or dying, how can you send them away even if you know they can't afford the treatment?
但即使是身体状况相当好的老年人也比年轻人更需要医疗保健，这特别是因为他们通常受慢性病折磨，而慢性病治疗费用昂贵。
But even fairly fit older people need more health care than younger ones, not least because they often suffer from chronic diseases that are expensive to treat.
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