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Nursing has our vote for one of the most underappreciated professions out there. We applaud you for your constant hard work and dedication that literally keeps us alive. Without you, we'd probably be dead.

2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tweeted out on Saturday asking followers about the most outrageous medical bills they've ever received. Let's just say, some of the replies are something else - like, the cost of purchasing a house. Reading through these makes us grateful that we've never dealt with anything of that scale, but it also makes us wonder why these costs are even necessary in the first place...

Let's be honest here, regardless of how you feel about the American healthcare system, we can probably all agree that it doesn't exactly have the best reputation with the rest of the world. This woman's Twitter story about her experience with Iceland's healthcare system illustrates that perfectly.

Click here to browse through some American healthcare system memes if you're feelin' extra salty about it all!

The life-saving possibilities of modern medicine are incredible to be sure - and so are the emotions that come with the miracles. These tweets detailing medical sagas are sad, happy, and sappy, all rolled into one.

Some of these medical memes are too damn real. Why the hell, after schlepping my hurtin' butt to the emergency room, do the doctors neglect to examine me? It's straight to the CT scan and then a diagnosis with little to no explanation. All horror stories aside, we do have a ton of respect for medical professionals. Even if they play cards during their down time. 

It's no secret that the American healthcare system isn't known for being the best in the world. If you're poor and need to have some sort of procedure done in a hospital, you can look forward to a hefty bill that may or may not put you into debt for years to come. And if you aren't fortunate enough to receive a health insurance plan through your employer? Well, we don't even want to think about that...

Here are 17 memes and tweets that highlight the trials and tribulations of health insurance in America!

We don't know for sure, but we'd wager a bet that working in the medical field is incredibly difficult. From performing life-saving procedures on patients, to helping relieve patients of their chronic pain, to trying to administer necessary vaccinations to stubborn anti-vaxxers, it's gotta be a lot of stress! That's why we salute you with these medical memes!