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> Your wealth will survive a health problem. Really? Maybe a long duration but highly curable health problems. What happens to the blind or someone who loses b
by brianwawok 10y ago
> Your wealth will survive a health problem.
Really? Maybe a long duration but highly curable health problems. What happens to the blind or someone who loses both arms? Do they really have more wealth than their counterparts in the US?
- marcus_holmes 10y agoyes, their existing wealth will survive (to allow them to adapt their life to their new condition, probably).
- brianwawok 10y agoLess than 30% of Americans have more than $1000 in savings http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/10/09/savings-study/91083712/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/10/... I can almost guarantee that nearly all of the 30% of Americans WITH savings have health insurance with an out of pocket max. I can almost guarantee that many of the people without insurance are in the no savings group. So perhaps I am missing something, but I am not seeing a huge group of Americans that have their wealth in danger by the current healthcare system.
- marcus_holmes 10y agoWait, what? so your serious answer to "the US system of healthcare endangers the wealth of patients" is that over 70% of Americans don't have wealth anyway? And furthermore, that the system doesn't affect them because they're not part of it? What do the 70% of Americans with no savings do when they get sick?