Some 92 percent have delayed or abandoned medical care because of costs, according to a survey of 1,507 U.S.adults by financial services firm JG Wentworth.
High prices at the doctor’s office, urgent care, emergency room and more have led to 85 percent of Americans having medical debt. Collectively, American consumers have $220 billion in medical debt, according to a February poll from KFF - that’s around $958.61 per adult with medical debt.
Nearly one in five adults said their health got worse because they skipped a doctor’s visit. That problem is more acute for those 64 and younger - 42 percent say their health got worse after putting off a medical visit.
Its too expensive and most of the time you don’t get any help.
The last few times I have gone to a doctor, its basically been shrugged shoulders and a bunch of surprise bills for the next few months.
I just (last year) got a fantastic new job with great pay and benefits. Which means I am only responsible for the first 5000. It’s been 12 years since I have seen a doctor. I’m in one of the worst health care states in the union. Just lucky so far. This is the state of healthcare in the usa.
I’ve had “good” insurance for almost a decade now, but I could never find a doctor that was in-network, taking new patients, and less than 50 miles away. I was calling around locally every three months, like clockwork, for years.
I finally got lucky this week, so I’ve got an appointment in October. The receptionist asked me when my last physical was, and I said 2004. She said, “Oh, so not in the last year then?”
Just read the stories about how things were in Britain when the National Health Service was created.
One of the things which was pretty common before the NHS was created was this kind of thing - most people would only ever go to the doctor when they were already very sick for a while and their health just kept getting worse.
After the National Health Service was created overall healthcare costs actually went down because people were actually going to the doctor much earlier and less sick, plus under Universal Healthcare “Preventive Medicine” makes sense even just from an economic point of view because it reduces the costs of the whole system.
It’s not shocking when you have no universal health care and even if you do have insurance it doesn’t cover crap. I just paid $200 for labs because “insurance” only covered half the cost. The entire system is a racket.
Yeah but we can’t change it because republicans love dying
They love other people dying. They’re just willing to guarantee their own death to make that a reality.
They’re just willing to guarantee their own death to make that a reality.
It’s better for my credit rating if I just die.
The shocking thing is the propaganda in the headline saying this is “shocking”.
Where is the call for violent overthrow of the regime?
Well, this is from a British newspaper and Britain has the National Health Service, so it makes sense that for them this is “shocking”.
Further, given the image that America has projected to the World in the last half-century, the news about Public Health in that country being basically what you see in the 3rd World would be “shocking” for those who believed that image of America.
I mean, plenty of people outside America still believe ridiculous shit like Americans being wealthy (most are not: the mean level of wealth of Americans is less than those of Portuguese, one of the poorest nations in the EU), their Military being very powerful (*cough* Iran *cough*) or the Justice System in the US being fair.
We are exhausting the same option over and over and over. I think its probably gonna happen the next time democrats run a hope and change candidate in 2108.
Where? 1/6/2021.
Oh, reasonable and justified calls. Sorry, no,all out those. We’ll be doing the 24th No Kings protest instead.
also dental isnt covered if you buy insurance from your states ACA exchange, you have to buy separately, So any major dental procedures like root canals, extractins, crowns,etc have a 6month waiting period and only covers less than 2000 a year. excluding orthodontics, and jaw surgery.
So any major dental procedures
Straight to mexico
I find it so interesting when the centrists claim that universal healthcare is unaffordable. Cuz, uh, you know what’s even less affordable? Whatever yalls have right now. And you know it, but fuck the facts.
It’s because in the current system our healthcare is tied to our employment. And that’s how they want it. It leaves you beholden to your employer.
I also love the claim that it will take so much longer to receive care. I’m trying to find a new therapist, and even with my amazing health insurance I’m looking at October 28th at the earliest with any therapist, or January for one that seems more aligned with my issues.
Had suicidal ideation a few days ago. Tried to check into a local crisis center. They declined admission and basically told me get a new therapist, try yoga and meditation. One of the therapists the suggested isn’t taking new clients, the other doesn’t accept my insurance.
I’m holding on as best as I can, but the system failing me like this isn’t making life any easier. I do still have a therapist that I will see by the end of this week, but he basically just listens and says “wow that’s sounds incredibly painful”.
Had suicidal ideation a few days ago.
Just the normal amount or was it really bad?
I’m so sorry to hear that. I’ve also been there for quite a while, and I found something that really helped me: parachuting! It’s a bit expensive, but if you can afford it, I’d highly recommend it! It’s helped me a ton!!
i think they are complacent, because some of them are well off enough to have “insurance” through thier employers that the insurance is willing to pay for most of the cost. when they see copays of 15-40$, they dont actually see its really 300-420$ actual cost per visit.
dental is even worst, they think tooth extraction is only a couple hundred when its actual 500-700$ on average as Out of pocket, and 400$ for root canal instead of 1200-2000$/tooth(not including crowns. and some dental pratices will upcharge. i had to go to an emergency dentist recently, and they charge an arm and leg for most things, even when compared to other dentists around them, they are like 50-100% more expensive. they are fine for emergency dental appts but not for general care. luckily i was able to find cheaper dentists around to take care of a severe tooth issue.
$30k in debt because I didn’t feel like dying in June! Eagle screech
Yay I’m in the 8% but now my year renews and I wont go.
Ah, I see you got the Medicaid letter as well?
This is by design. The government wants this for us.
Insurers want this for us. It’s like a subscription fee you’ve forgotten about or a gym membership you keep telling yourself you’ll start using again. The existing establishment wants their lobby money to keep flowing. Bringing in new leaders who actually care about the people should be the voters goal. I think we’re waking up as a populace but we’ve got everything working against us. We just needed the world to literally burn around us to give a shit tho.
Edit: stats they aren’t even paying a lot of money to accomplish their goal.
Rich people want everyone else to get shut out of medical care so they are doctors’ only priority. That’s one facet of the permanent underclass they hope for.
planet fitness model, they encourage people to pay, but not to use the gym facilities.
Slaves are easy to control when they are afraid. Afraid to get sick, afraid to get help, because they are afraid to go in debt.
A lot of people say the world is three meals away from revolution, but in reality it’s three meals away from selling their own mother for a can of dog food.
Isn’t it more specifically three missed meals?
If only I had three straight meals I’d get all revolutionary.
It’s worse than that. Doctors aren’t as smart as you think they are. Not an insult but it takes years of having a patient to get a rough idea what’s actually going on. Hard to do that when your insurance keeps changing every year.
or when doctors in many networks are forced to only see thier pateints at 20minutes or less.
You don’t go to the doctor because it’s too expensive.
I don’t go to the doctor because I don’t wanna find out what’s wrong with my body.
We are not the same.
Don’t worry. You go to the doctor and pay out the ass just to be told the most basic irrelevant blood work came back normal, so there’s nothing wrong with you, it’s probably just stress and anxiety, and don’t come back unless you have one of the 5 conditions that the office actually treats.
+1. If they can not come up with any medical explanation, in most situations they can’t, they’ll pick the good old “Do you smoke?” card. And if you do, as most stressed people coming from a shitty family background do, the medical advice you get will be: “Well, quit then!”! Lol
Revolution is required
