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Re:I had a health crisis in France by brianwawok on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:07PM (#12999816)
> Your wealth will survive a health problem.

Really? Maybe a long duration but highly curable health problems. What happens to the blind or someone who loses both arms? Do they really have more wealth than their counterparts in the US?

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Re:I had a health crisis in France by marcus_holmes on Sunday November 20, 2016 @06:55PM (#13002020)
yes, their existing wealth will survive (to allow them to adapt their life to their new condition, probably).
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Re:I had a health crisis in France by brianwawok on Monday November 21, 2016 @10:37AM (#13006127)
Less than 30% of Americans have more than $1000 in savings

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/10/...

I can almost guarantee that nearly all of the 30% of Americans WITH savings have health insurance with an out of pocket max.

I can almost guarantee that many of the people without insurance are in the no savings group.

So perhaps I am missing something, but I am not seeing a huge group of Americans that have their wealth in danger by the current healthcare system.

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Re:I had a health crisis in France by marcus_holmes on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:19PM (#13052236)
Wait, what? so your serious answer to "the US system of healthcare endangers the wealth of patients" is that over 70% of Americans don't have wealth anyway?

And furthermore, that the system doesn't affect them because they're not part of it?

What do the 70% of Americans with no savings do when they get sick?

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