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Americans are putting off medical treatment in record numbers because of cost
- olliej 7y agoWhich then results in higher costs later, which they also cannot afford, but if they collapse (or similar) leading to someone taking them to hospital they’re bankrupted anyway. That also increases pressure on emergency departments (which is already an expensive treatment system for anything)
- downerending 7y agoProbably true in general, but I wonder about iatrogenic effects. (i.e., doctors making things worse)
- peglasaurus 7y agoNot just (North?) Americans. Health insurance in general is overpriced due to multiple market distortions. Governments don't seem to want or, more likely, be able to fix this in a systemic way. So many vested interests.
- ph2082 7y agoView complete study > https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/269087/191206Pre-Existing.pdf https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/269087/191206Pre-Existing....
- salawat 7y agoThe entire medical industrial complex needs a bloody audit and re-architecture from the ground up. I'd love to join a research group working on something like this if possible. Anyone know of one?