Re:High US health care spending explained by its high materi...
by Spooky23 on Sunday March 12, 2017 @08:36PM
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The bottom quartile didn't get zero care. The poorest of the poor are all eligible for Medicaid or get ad hoc acute care from emergency rooms.
The people who get shafted are the middle-class or working class people who are stuck with contracting gigs or shitty employers who face financial ruin if they get sick. Your average truck driver, for example, is far more likely to die from preventable heart ailments due to the nature of the job and the inability to access medical care, even with insurance. That's a big reason why CVS Doc in the Box and Urgent care is a thing.
The people who get shafted are the middle-class or working class people who are stuck with contracting gigs or shitty employers who face financial ruin if they get sick. Your average truck driver, for example, is far more likely to die from preventable heart ailments due to the nature of the job and the inability to access medical care, even with insurance. That's a big reason why CVS Doc in the Box and Urgent care is a thing.