‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis
‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis
Although both leading presidential candidates have addressed healthcare costs, neither has tackled the biggest issue – its cost
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I view medicine in the US similar to video piracy. If you are going to make access expensive and difficult to obtain, then I have no issue with stealing it. Medical debt is handled differently than other types of debt. IANAL, but I have no qualms with running up a 700k medical debt for life saving treatment then bouncing on the bill.
Just go to the hospitals office and tell em to give you the real bill first
That's actually what a lot of people do.
Plenty of medical bills simply go unpaid.
They're a huge tax write-off for healthcare providers.