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[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Insurance would most likely decrease the probability of going bankrupt?

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Yeah, but also have you seen the bill reduction that comes when you don't have insurance. Suddenly it's only $7000 to fix your broken leg instead of $173000. It's like magic

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Don't have incentive to check if this is an realistic example since I live in Europe but that sounds bad. In e.g. Sweden, health care costs caps at ~$100 a year. America is supposedly richer than Sweden, should be no problem fixing this in that case

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a reason every American except the upper class was cheering for Luigi. It's not even a new phenomenon, ACA (Obamacare) was supposed to lighten the load on the working class.

Before Obama, my parents had Blue Cross Blue Shield who pre-approved a procedure. My parents still had to pay $250k out of pocket for a life-saving skeletal surgery for my little brother, after the insurance "paid" their part

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

And Blue Cross Blue Shield are one of the better ones :/

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