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There should be no such thing as "medical debt" - the social contract is entirely broken in any country where there is. I simply don't understand why people are
by drcongo 3y ago
There should be no such thing as "medical debt" - the social contract is entirely broken in any country where there is. I simply don't understand why people aren't marching in the streets with pitchforks over the issue.
- wan23 3y agoThe most common alternative system is one in which you simply can't get medical care unless you can pay up front.
- TehCorwiz 3y agoWhich countries have that? The most common system I know of is where the government heavily subsidizes medical costs and controls prices to prevent price gouging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_universal_health_care https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_univers...
- drcongo 3y agoI've never come across such a system so I'm very surprised to hear that that is the most common.
- HumblyTossed 3y agoPure propaganda.
- alistairSH 3y agoAre there any moderately wealthy nations that use this system? Certainly, among OECD nations, that's not used.