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You're taking one person's experience, who has mild medical expenses and applying their situation to loads of poor people as if their experience exemplifies the
by chaps 4y ago
You're taking one person's experience, who has mild medical expenses and applying their situation to loads of poor people as if their experience exemplifies the experiences of millions. Frankly, that's disgusting and while I don't wish you awful medical debt, it sounds like you could stand to be humbled by some.
Think of bigger medical expenses over the same period -- 10k. That's 20/day. 100k -- 200/day. Now add ACA monthly costs (300-400/mo). Then rent, then food. Etc etc.
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- notch656a 4y ago>You're taking one person's experience, who has mild medical "You" being the parent OPs who I responded to who introduced the nation of $1000, which happens to be above the median for my state and most states shown in the article? Remember I'm RESPONDING to the $1000 comment, not introducing the figure. But maybe they said something about the $1000 you agreed about, so you went with the disingenuous approach of only impugning someone commenting on it and in bad faith accusing THAT person of introducing the figure. The MAJORITY in my state and most states have less than $1000 in medical debt. Millions. This isn't some edge case. $1000 "exemplifies" the median medical debt in most states, according to the article. >sounds like you could stand to be humbled by some Yeah a subtle suggestion I ought to experience medical problems. Keep it classy. "Frankly, that's disgusting." >Think of bigger medical expenses over the same period -- 10k. That's 20/day. 100k -- 200/day. Now add ACA monthly costs (300-400/mo). Then rent, then food. Etc etc. Yes I thought about it, and then decided my $2/day figure still holds as a possible approach for paying off median medical debt. Thanks for the thought exercise!
- chaps 4y agoI'm really not sure how a median of $1000 is supposed to make your point any better.
- notch656a 4y agoI'm not sure how throwing around a $100k figure is supposed to make your point any better. If it's worth considering the 100k case of the minority it's worth considering the half of person's in these states for whom the debt is under $1k. My intention was never to show that someone with $100k of medical debt could get out of it as easily as the majority with far less.