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A shocking 92 percent of US adults are not going to the doctor because it’s too expensive (www.independent.co.uk)
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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.

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[–] 17 points 12 hours ago* (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    This is true, better health and lower costs, but all the proof in the world won't change the maga team to support it. Some of them have what they think is "good insurance" and think they're special and don't want it for all. Lots of selfishness rather than raise all boats, it's part of the cowboy lore they like to pretend they are lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    The core value of both MAGA politicians and MAGA supporters is "what's in it for me", not what's better for people in general.

    In fact, the same applies to most Democrat politicians and possibly even most Democrat supporters.

    Selfish Individualism is kinda the thing which is extra extra in the US compared to, say, Europe were there either a large minority or maybe even a majority still hold at least some pro-social principles

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