Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live with medical debt

Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by Joeri on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:11PM (#31767713)

The money going into medicare is enough to extend coverage to all americans provided the system is run with the cost efficiency of the typical EU healthcare system.

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by notch656a on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:16PM (#31767770)

But then people go into debt to pay the tax to pay the other guy's medical debt.

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by monkey_monkey on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:20PM (#31767848)

I'm not entirely sure you understand how taxes work.

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by notch656a on Thursday June 16, 2022 @03:21PM (#31769879)

Yes because no one is in debt as a result of making insufficient income after tax deductions, and no one owes tax debt.

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