Utopia Talk / Politics / People going bankrupt

Paramount rank	Tue Sep 03 19:31:41 2019 http://mob...ics/status/1168382537292382209 Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills: UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal- 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Chile - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643,000
Nimatzo rank	Tue Sep 03 20:45:52 2019 Yea, but isn't this all worth 5% increased 5 year survival rate for anal cancer? They have some of the best anal cancer treatments bro!
kargen rank	Wed Sep 04 02:48:28 2019 Took me maybe 10 seconds to find out there have been bankruptcies in the UK because of medical expenses and there have been people that had to declare bankruptcy while injured, unable to work and in the queue for medical care. Checked France and zero seems correct. Checked Canada and zero is not the true answer. Checked the US numbers and again wrong. the 643K is to high. Then checked the post itself. Turns out this is a meme from 2013 and they just flat ass guessed the numbers for the US based on overall bankruptcies and a poll taken in 2001 that said 43% of those polled listed medical reasons as why they filed. Medical reasons included lost job because of injury or illness. So you posted a six year old meme based on an 18 year old guess.
Forwyn rank	Wed Sep 04 03:25:48 2019 Bill this year totalled 67k, I paid 4k (about half with employer-matched HSA) and then hit my out of pocket max for the year. Sure is rough having decent insurance.
Dukhat rank	Wed Sep 04 03:56:27 2019 Nice to know the UK is still a brother-in-arms when it comes to pursuing deadend far-right ideas.
Paramount rank	Wed Sep 04 07:40:42 2019 Maybe it is just alternative facts, kargen.
Paramount rank	Wed Sep 04 07:48:55 2019 ”there have been bankruptcies in the UK because of medical expenses” How many? 10? ”Checked Canada and zero is not the true answer” What is the true answer? 5? ”Checked the US numbers and again wrong. the 643K is to high.” Is it 500k?
Interesting Facts rank	Wed Sep 04 08:25:06 2019 http://www...ery-year-due-to-medical-bills/ "In short, using some very specific analyses, one could make the case that (at least within the last several years) about 643,000 Americans declared bankruptcy annually due to medical bills. But the accuracy of those analyses is open to question, the playing field has changed significantly since they were undertaken (due to the implementation of the ACA), and it’s far from an absolute that the other countries listed in the meme experience zero medical-related bankruptcies."
kargen rank	Wed Sep 04 23:01:13 2019 "Maybe it is just alternative facts, kargen." Nah it's a Facebook meme. Might as well have posted a photo of a fat cat with some text about eating tacos.
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