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Nelson_Mandela posted...

How many people are actually bankrupted by medical debt in the US? How many of those are bankrupted because they could not afford to pay for private insurance vs willfully choosing not to pay for private insurance? How many in the former were not eligible for Medicaid?

I honestly would like to see that breakdown, because that segment of the population is (in my mind) the only group where a solution is needed. And I would be shocked to learn that this amounts to more than .1% of the population.

bankrupt is the most extreme case.
situations like notable credit hit due to medical debt is something like 10-15%.

for the most part the issue is out of network costs. if that alone got fixed you'd be able to eliminate the worst of it for most people.

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