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I don't know how often people are filing bankruptcy over hospital bills but I don't it would matter even if there was price transparency. I haven't seen any ho

I don't know how often people are filing bankruptcy over hospital bills but I don't it would matter even if there was price transparency. I haven't seen any hospitals going bankrupt lately. The cost of healthcare for those not under a group insurance plan or subsidized ACA plans is crazy expensive for a family regardless. To the point of what's more important your house payment or health ins payment? People are just barely scraping by so the intent to pay in the bill in full is just a dream, even if it's just a $100. They would rather face the consequences of bill collectors nagging them which they just ignore.

almostdeadguy 8y ago
I'm not arguing that there aren't people who are technically (but not practically) capable of paying their hospital bills and don't, and for the most part I don't disagree w/ any of the above (though medical debt has more detrimental effects than just being "nagged", especially given there's a documented effect of debt judgements creating a spiral of entanglements w/ the criminal justice system [1]). [1]: https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/criminalization-private-debt https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration...