If a large portion of the population got hit simultaneously with riddiculous bills like this it might set the stage for mass civil disobedience and actual refor

If a large portion of the population got hit simultaneously with riddiculous bills like this it might set the stage for mass civil disobedience and actual reform. Part of why the status quo has held is because of the isolation and shame of financial hardship from medical bills. Its fundamentally a divide-and-conquer dynamic, where people have almost no collective leverage.