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Ecuador has no-cost public healthcare. The US does't. Not having money in the US will literally actively kill you.

• VBprogrammer 4y ago
  I'm not sure this has the effect you are suggesting but it did make me laugh. Makes you wonder who decides what is a first world country and what is a third world country. In some ways the existence of a significant portion of American's (those unfortunate enough to be poor) is worse than a third world existence.
  • TylerE 4y ago
    It’s actually quite clear cut. 1st world: NATO and allies 2nd world: The Soviet Sphere 3rd world: Everything else.
    • bigDinosaur 4y ago
      Clear cut according to a definition absolutely nobody uses any more. There's no longer a Soviet sphere even if you wanted to use that definition and the post-soviet sphere has diverged dramatically.
• robertlagrant 4y ago
  > Not having money in the US will literally actively kill you. Doesn't it put you on Medicaid?
  • TylerE 4y ago
    If you're a legal citizen, and in one of the states that opted in to Medicade expansion (many states, all "red" states did not, despite it being literally free money from their prospective.) A bigger problem is that the limits are quite low (Max income limit will be exceeded by someone making minimum wage in a lot of states. It's only $18k if single, going up to $36k for a family of 4. That means there's a HUGE donut hole problem of making too much for Medicade, but not nearly enough to actually afford healthcare - or they maybe have some crappy employer plan that has a high deductible that would bankrupt them to even approach.