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True but irrelevant, since there is a huge difference between being bankrupted by the medical system itself, and bankrupted because you can't afford not to work
by gress 13y ago
True but irrelevant, since there is a huge difference between being bankrupted by the medical system itself, and bankrupted because you can't afford not to work (which can happen for many other reasons and is a separate problem to guard oneself against).
- refurb 13y agoI don't think it's irrelevant at all. People throw out the statistic that X% of Americans go bankrupt because of medical problems inferring it's because we don't have single-payer healthcare. The statistic about Canada backs up the idea that isn't true.
- gress 13y agoIt doesn't back up the idea at all. The bankruptcies in Canada have nothing to do with medical costs.