I have drifted along in a cloud of unknowing but suddenly I tripped over the American "health" "care" "system" & it is as bad as everyone says. Even the people who work for the insurance companies can't manage to say anything positive about their bosses. Apparently, my only choice is for nothing to go wrong till I die in my sleep at age 97 like all the women in my family.
A Norwegian friend pointed out that her friends decide to have babies based on their relationships & so on. Whether or not they can afford it isn't a consideration.
It's so much worse than I thought, and it certainly isn't going to improve in the next 4 years, is it.