The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of...

[MarcATL]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Well, thank God that Obamacare took care of that, right? Now health care is affordable...

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Opinion on length of healthcare waiting times in Europe 2024 | Statista

According to the 2024 survey, 85 percent of individuals in Hungary believed waiting times were too long.

www.statista.com

 

[Thunk]

Since money is fungible...how do you eliminate the doubling of food & gas prices from the equation, to solely blame their BK on medical bills?

 

[ZestolPastilevsky]

Man, don't get me started on some of the people I see boo-hooing over some Big Pharma executive. Living in Europe, I'll say this. It's a pretty good system in that if you have a serious life threatening emergency, you'll be taken care of, and you don't have to choose between dying and going broke. HOWEVER, most people I know, and most situations I've heard of involving smaller things, people will go private. That said, even if you go private it's cheaper. Guy I knew got dental work done last week for the equivalent of $110. $110 is something. But it's peanuts compared to what you'd pay for the same thing in the US.

 

[JGalt]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

Nobody's stopping you from moving to any of those countries.

Need some cardboard boxes to put your stuff in?

 

[Crepitus]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People

Just over a year before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered in cold blood in Midtown Manhattan, a lawsuit filed against his firm revealed just how draconian its claims-denying had become. Last November, the estates of two former UHC patients filed suit in Minnesota alleging that...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Crepitus]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

the legacy of Brian Thompson:

 

[Woodznutz]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

I have to grudgingly agree (with the thought, not the action).

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Nobody's stopping you from moving to any of those countries.

Need some cardboard boxes to put your stuff in?

.

I'm sure that a lot of USMB'ers would help him/her/it pack.


.

 

[MarcATL]

Well, thank God that Obamacare took care of that, right? Now health care is affordable...

Obamacare didn't go far enough, that's why Americans are so mad they're now shooting Healthcare insurance CEO's in broad daylight and most Americans are happy about it.

What point were you trying to make and what direction do you want US healthcare to go?

 

[MarcATL]

I have to grudgingly agree (with the thought, not the action).

Why grudgingly?

We should all want what's best for Americans.

Good Healthcare system in place for all Americans is what I call "America First."

I can get behind that.

What say you?

 

[sparky]

What say you?

single payer.......~S~

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Man, don't get me started on some of the people I see boo-hooing over some Big Pharma executive. Living in Europe, I'll say this. It's a pretty good system in that if you have a serious life threatening emergency, you'll be taken care of, and you don't have to choose between dying and going broke. HOWEVER, most people I know, and most situations I've heard of involving smaller things, people will go private. That said, even if you go private it's cheaper. Guy I knew got dental work done last week for the equivalent of $110. $110 is something. But it's peanuts compared to what you'd pay for the same thing in the US.

I just spent $39K out of pocket for dental implants.

 

[Dekster]

Medical bills...

1. Norway - 0
2. UK - 0
3. France - 0
4. Spain - 0
5. Portugal - 0
6. Denmark - 0
7. Australia - 0
8. Iceland - 0
9. Italy - 0
10. Finland - 0
11. Ireland - 0
12. Germany - 0
13. Netherlands - 0
14. Sweden - 0
15. Japan - 0
16. Canada - 0
17. United States - 643k+

Related Source: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck who got popped in NYC and many people are even cheering about it.

I think I like this new populist directions Americans are taking, finally.

That dated US numbers are based on the number of people who declare bankruptcy who have medical debt, not the number of people forced to do it because of medical debt. Bankruptcy filings are not nearly as high as they were around Great Recession times.

 

[MarcATL]

I just spent $39K out of pocket for dental implants.

Medical and dental have been literally getting away w/murder for decades in this country.

They know it too.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Medical and dental have been literally getting away w/murder for decades in this country.

They know it too.

.

I worked for a doctor who accepted produce and dairy and meat from his long-time farmer patients. That's the kind of doctor I wanted to be.

.

 

[whitehall]

"amajmed .com"? WTF is that?

 

[Harry Dresden]

"amajmed .com"? WTF is that?

the American Journal of Medicine.....