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měi guó
美国
yī liáo bǎo xiǎn
医疗保险
biàn dé
变得
yuè lái yuè
越来越
guì
Health Insurance in the U.S. Is Getting More Expensive
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míng nián明年měi guó美国dà yuē大约yǒuwǔ bǎi wàn五百万rénmǎi bù qǐ买不起yī liáo bǎo xiǎn医疗保险

Next year, about five million people in the U.S. won't be able to afford health insurance.

shìqí zhōng其中zhī yī之一

I am one of them.

dejiā tíng家庭bǎo xiǎn保险měi yuè每月yào2600měi yuán美元wǒ men我们gēn běn根本

My family insurance costs $2,600 a month, which we simply cannot afford.

xiàn zài现在hěnduōrényī yàng一样méi yǒu没有bǎo xiǎn保险

Now, like many others, I have no insurance.

méi yǒu没有bǎo xiǎn保险rànghěndān xīn担心yīn wèi因为kàn bìng看病huìhěnguìér qiě而且jiā lǐ家里yǒu rén有人guòrǔ xiàn ái乳腺癌

Not having insurance worries me because medical care is expensive, and someone in my family has had breast cancer.

wǒ men我们zhǐ néng只能gěijiā lǐ家里rénzhōngdeliǎngrénmǎibǎo xiǎn保险zhèràngwǒ men我们hěnnánxuǎn zé选择

We can only buy insurance for two out of four family members, which makes it hard to choose.

měi guó美国zhèng fǔ政府měi nián每年huāhěnduōqiánmǎiwǔ qì武器dǎ zhàng打仗dànquèyuàn yì愿意duōhuā qián花钱bāng zhù帮助rén men人们mǎibǎo xiǎn保险

The U.S. government spends a lot of money every year on weapons and wars but is unwilling to spend more to help people buy insurance.

qí shí其实gěidà jiā大家mǎibǎo xiǎn保险deqiánmǎisōujūn jiàn军舰deqiánháishǎo

Actually, the money to buy insurance for everyone is less than the cost of one warship.

hěnduōjiā tíng家庭yīn wèi因为mǎi bù qǐ买不起bǎo xiǎn保险érhěnnánshēng huó生活

Many families struggle to live because they cannot afford insurance.

wǒ men我们xī wàng希望zhèng fǔ政府néngduōguān xīn关心rén men人们dejiàn kāng健康érbú shì不是zhǐguān xīn关心zhàn zhēng战争

We hope the government cares more about people's health instead of only focusing on war.

By Codepink / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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