Talk:Medical debt

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Fictional Examples[edit]

Let's leave the soap boxing to the pro's, can anyone think of any fictional examples of medical debt worth mentioning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CensoredScribe (talk • contribs) 23:19, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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other countries[edit]

in this section Medical debt in other countries a link from the LA times is used to substantiate the idea that medical bankrupcy, or financial hardship, is rare in other countries but if you actually look at the source document https://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/can-people-afford-to-pay-for-health-care-new-evidence-on-financial-protection-in-europe-2019 in fact severe harship is relatively common among poor people, due mainly to the cost of drugs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:4700:1F70:CCE8:463B:5CBB:12AD (talk) 15:08, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is also completely self-contradictory: "The threat of unmanageable medical debts is largely unknown for those in Western Europe, Japan and Australia. A 2019 study of health provision carried out for the Los Angeles Times found that about 1 in 35 citizens of the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany and Japan faced medical bills that were sufficiently high to threaten their economic security" 2600:4040:279A:2500:E976:8EC5:1948:A6E4 (talk) 17:38, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"1 in 35" is a LOT of people!!! 2600:4040:279A:2500:E976:8EC5:1948:A6E4 (talk) 17:38, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]