"Hospitals Which are so Expensive that it's Cheaper to Die"

Bukowski's 1991 poem "dinosauria, we" provides some chilling commentary on society that hasn't changed a bit.

born into this
into hospitals which are so expensive that it's cheaper to die
into lawyers who charge so much it's cheaper to plead guilty
into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes