Capitalism isn't perfect eitherI don't consider National Socialism a good policy. So I would have been a democrat over there as well. And kept a low profile. '' I understand Hitler's policies were better than the former President of Germany before he took over. Their economy was in a recession. Inflation was high. So ....''
Medical debt upended their lives. Here's what it took from them
First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 10 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.
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At least in Germany the cost of an illness won't ruin your life.
Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. People from all walks of life and all corners of the country are living with health care debt.
And things were worse before Obamacare!
Double shifts, credit card debt and family loans when twins were born early
Allyson Ward, 43, ChicagoApproximate medical debt: $80,000
Medical issue: childbirth
ONLY IN AMERICA
Ward and her husband had health insurance through her employer in Texas.
But that's often not enough to protect patients when they have a major medical event. Most Americans who have medical debt had coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
Even with health insurance, childbirth can be very expensive. One in eight Americans who have health care debt say it was at least partially caused by pregnancy and childbirth.
Ward and her husband are also among tens of millions of Americans who end up with medical debt because their health plan didn't pay for something they believed would be covered. Such insurance issues are the most common form of billing problem cited by Americans with debt.