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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by qzw on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:55AM (#32751461)
Good link there, but assuming I’m looking at the same section as you, it seems like the 1/3 figure is for skipping or delaying tests and treatments recommended by their doctors, which doesn’t really tell us how many people forego seeing a doctor altogether due to cost concerns.
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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by kasey_junk on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:26AM (#32751895)
Technically it was 1/3 had or had family members, which means the number is actually much better than 1/3 but I was being generous.

We don’t know how many people skip healthcare because a doctor is inconvenient (in the states or in other regimes) either. So it seemed the most appropriate comparison to make.

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