Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by cam_l on Thursday April 01, 2021 @08:22PM
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>does "medical bankruptcy" include ... I had no medical bills" bankruptcy?
Well, no. But clearly bankruptcies usually include multiple financial stresses. More likely, "i got sick, i had medical bills, i lost my job, my car broke down" kind of thing.
Worth noting the (up to) 60% figure i noted was from a harvard study during the GFC. The more conservative figures have tended towards 20-30% for medical bills being the primary cause of bankruptcy. Even then it seems to still be one of the more common (avoidable) causes of bankruptcy.
Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by floatingatoll on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:38AM
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Other countries do not requiring their citizens to pay for common medical emergencies, which is often considered "better".
Americans famously don't have $400 for emergencies. I don't know if other countries do better, or if there are national plans to help them out in the case of illness, regardless of the costs directly related to the treatment.