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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by philjohn on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:56PM (#22259041)
"Having insurance" != having good insurance that doesn't have eye-watering co-pays and excesses.

If your out of pocket excess is $1000 and you need $900 of treatment, but you also need to make rent, buy gas, feed your family ... well, you don't get the treatment (or you do, can't pay, and are made bankrupt). I think you might live in a slight bubble.

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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by throwaway2048 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:08PM (#22259787)
out of pocket limit to $1000 is still a very good plan, out of pocket limits on the plans most people have (usually termed "bronze plans") is well north of $5000
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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by philjohn on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:05PM (#22272114)
Whereas my yearly out of pocket on my top up private plan in the UK is £100, the entire plan (me + family) costs the company £1600.

Yes, I pay a lot more tax, but then again, public transport, healthcare free at the point of need etc. etc. are worth it to me.

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