As an american, who gives a shit about all that stuff when your family savings can be wiped out, home foreclosed upon, and bankrupted just because you get sick or suffer an injury!? Even if you plan and do everything right, it could still happen to you, through no fault of your own.
So, IMO until we have universal healthcare like every other modern nation, they all beat us…
I’m not saying it’s not a problem, but people losing everything for medical expenses is a meme.
About a third of Americans have medical debt, around 12% have debt higher than $10k. The amount of people who declare bankruptcy is around 380k people annually, about 2/3 have medical expenses as a direct cause. That’s about 250k people a year. That’s a lot of people, and the amount of people who lost a lot but haven’t declared bankruptcy is even higher. It’s definitely a problem that needs to be fixed, but it’s not as common or extreme as people like you make it out to be. The reality is that hyperbole you’re describing affects a small number of people and it is not representative of the issues with the American healthcare system.
people losing everything for medical expenses is a meme
about 2/3 have medical expenses as a direct cause. That’s about 250k people a year.
The reality is that hyperbole you’re describing affects a small number of people
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How many people go bankrupt to medical debt a year in Canada? It’s less than 250k a year
