If someone who us worth millions of dollars is worried about potentially going bankrupt without insurance. That should be glaring alarm about how fucked up accessing healthcare in the US.
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2025
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I saw this comment on a post about it..
i assume it will be biologic medication to treat her autoimmune and the news ones are quite expensive.
i assume it will be biologic medication to treat her autoimmune and the news ones are quite expensive.
Yet they are extremely expensive, costing on average $10,000-$30,000 per year and exceed $500,000 for the most expensive biologics.
Millions of dollars don't matter when you have to buy medication or constantly go to the doctor. These costs can add up fast.
That sad part is it’s being taken lightly and everyone is just laughing like “haha that’s so relatable”
“I had to come back for the insurance, they informed me earlier this year, I’m on COBRA,” Williams, 45, told interviewer Rennae Stubbs, as they laughed along with the crowd. “So that’s like, I got to get my benefits on. Started training.”
“She’s actually not lying about that, cause we talked about that six years ago,” Stubbs replied. “You’re actually telling the truth. Insurance is hard.”
Isn't she really wealthy by now? If she isn't, after all she's done and all her victories, then thats just an additional amount of frustration on top of our shared healthcare bullshit... She deserves to not have to worry about that, I'd have thought she could afford good health insurance.
NO ONE should have to worry about healthcare, regardless of who they are. If we can give billions of dollars to other countries to wage war, we can fund universal healthcare.
You mean if we can afford private insurance, we can afford universal healthcare.
It would cost less in tax dollars than the majority people pay for it now to collectively bargain for lower drug prices. Significantly fewer intermediaries taking a cut and driving up the price of everything.
Universal healthcare makes social AND economic sense
Well, not for all those intermediaries... and the people who get a cut from thier "productivity". That's the real barrier, rich people siphoning money off of a process they don't meaningfully contribute to.
No disagreement regarding the private insurance remark, just pointing out how fucked our priorities are.
No disagreement there for sure, I was just surprised to see she's also affected as we all are. I figured she was wealthy enough for it to not be an issue.
A surprising amount of famous people are actually upper middle class at best, especially if they're impulsive with their money. I'm honestly hoping The Billionaires keep alienating the upper middle class to the point that they realize they need to stop being their lackeys but I'm not super optimistic.
I'm sorry but Williams has made over US$40 million in just career winnings, not counting anything she might have gained from endorsements, sponsorships, and investments. That's not upper middle class at best.
Nomenclature of upper middle class aside, the wild thing here is that $40m means she’s closer to being homeless than she is to the billionaire wealthy.
She’s clearly wealthy compared to the average, but her financial concerns actually vaguely resemble that of normal people. She may not care about how much dinner costs, but she is probably acutely aware of her major expenses like housing and medical. $40m is not even close to “fuck you money”.
To stress, US$40 million is the floor of what we know she's earned from career winnings. She has absolutely earned more money than that when considering sponsorship deals, paid appearances, yadda yadda.
She absolutely at least had "fuck you" money. If she doesn't anymore, that's just plain irresponsibility.
Wow, she still has to work at... 45?