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Andrea Junker :verified:onMastodon1d ago
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
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๐ฎ๐ธ 0
๐ฎ๐ช 0
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๐ฏ๐ต 0
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๐ธ๐ช 0
๐ฌ๐ง 0
๐บ๐ธ 530,000
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Analysis Summary
The US does have dramatically more medical bankruptcies than other wealthy nationsโabout 66.5% of US bankruptcies involve medical factors versus much smaller percentages elsewhere. But the claim that other countries have zero medical bankruptcies is false. Canada, the UK, and Australia all experience them at lower ratesโCanada at around 19%, UK at 8.2%, Australia at 10%โdue to universal healthcare systems that reduce (but don't eliminate) this risk. The post cherry-picks a dramatic visual by using the 530,000 figure (which includes lost income from illness, not just bills) while showing other nations at zero, obscuring the real story: the US system is fundamentally broken compared to other developed nations, but not uniquely soโit's a matter of degree, not kind.
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โNumber of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: United States 530,000; all listed countries 0โ
530,000 figure is accurate but represents broad definition including illness-related work loss. Other developed nations do experience medical bankruptciesโat lower rates but not zero.
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