Many medical bills will wipe out savings regardless of the amount. NPR has a good series on medical bills that comes out pretty frequently. Here is one where t

Many medical bills will wipe out savings regardless of the amount. NPR has a good series on medical bills that comes out pretty frequently. Here is one where the 14 weeks of dialysis for a new kidney cost about a half million dollars. The person's insurance is via the spouse who is also a MD. The family is likely going bankrupt : https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/22/743180947/first-came-kidney-failure-then-there-was-the-540-842-bill-for-dialysis https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/22/7431809... Scroll through a few of them, NPR has pretty good reporting on this issue. The US medical system is a revolting tragedy.