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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by hollerith on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:06PM (#40653421)
Are you saying that medical debt does not exist in every other developed country on the planet?
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by andrewjl on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:51PM (#40653688)
It effectively doesn't if the healthcare system is single payer.
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by __loam on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:07PM (#40653425)
It's far less likely to completely ruin your life than in the US.
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by multjoy on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:26AM (#40654521)
It does not.
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by explodingman on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:15AM (#40654789)
It doesn’t exist in Australia
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by hollerith on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:04AM (#40657110)
Thanks for the info.
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Re:US proposes banning medical debt from credit reports by defrost on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:25AM (#40654830)
American exceptionalism includes medical debt, not using metric, tipping as a substitute for a living wage, equating social policy with communism, and all manner of other things.
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