>This includes medical debt (#1 reason for bankruptcy), which is considered a consumer PRODUCT.
Only 4% of US bankruptcies are because of medical bills <https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/0...>. A tipoff that [insert large percentage here] of bankruptcies aren't actually because of medical costs is that only 6% of bankruptcies by those without health insurance are because of that cause. The biggest cause of bankruptcies is lack of income, which health insurance doesn't affect.
>The Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 41% of U.S. citizens carry some sort of medical debt, and 24% were considering bankruptcy to solve a medical debt issue.
You're correct my phrasing of "large percentages" wasn't correct; instead, what I meant to have said was that health issues in USA are largest single contributing issue affecting bankruptcy within our country.
I'm not trying to smear shit — I dropped out of medical school fifteen+ years ago and haven't myself had health insurance for the majority of my adulthood [decades+]. If I had a family, I would approach my insurance needs differently... but I just choose to opt-out (knowing this is not good for healthcare management, long-term).
So yes, technically you're correct to say that "The biggest cause of bankruptcies is lack of income." The best kind of correct [technical, misunderstanding the premise].
This includes medical debt (#1 reason for bankruptcy) and student loands, which are considered consumer PRODUCTs (somehow?).
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"What are you, a COMMUNISS?!" [1]
"¡¡¡juSt WoRK harDeR!¡¡" [2]
"It just sounds like whining to everybody else!" [3]
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All "thoughtful" quotes from my Silent Generation (pre-WWII) nana.
[1]: Nana, in response to discussing Single Payer Healthcare
[2]: Nana, after rennovating one of her properties at 50+ billed hours/week
[3]: Nana, responding to only 16% of homes being affordable to median income
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>Most "Americans think of themselves as temporarily-impoverished millionaires"
—John Steinbeck (?)