BrikoX to United States | News & [email protected]English • 8 months agoBernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debtwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debtwww.theguardian.comBrikoX to United States | News & [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news
Exclusive: legislation would create a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•8 months agoSo, uh, who will actually be paying for medical care?
minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink9•8 months agoYou have no idea how stupid this “gotcha” phrase sounds to literally everyone who isn’t from the US my guy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•edit-28 months agoThis isn’t a proposal to have the government pay for medical care. It appears to be a proposal to have nobody pay for medical care.
minus-squareBrikoXOPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoMost of the debt is just charges for non-existing stuff. Check out https://unduemedicaldebt.org for their work. The group says retiring $100 in debt costs an average of $1. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nonprofit-medical-debt-buy-forgive/ https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/billions-in-medical-debt-to-be-wiped-out-for-up-to-a-million-arizonans-governor-announces https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/connecticut-canceling-medical-debt/story?id=106878814 https://whyy.org/articles/medical-debt-pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro-budget-address-4-million/ https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/illinois-governor-pitches-plan-to-relieve-4b-in-medical-debt.html
So, uh, who will actually be paying for medical care?
You have no idea how stupid this “gotcha” phrase sounds to literally everyone who isn’t from the US my guy.
This isn’t a proposal to have the government pay for medical care. It appears to be a proposal to have nobody pay for medical care.
Lol ok
Most of the debt is just charges for non-existing stuff. Check out https://unduemedicaldebt.org for their work.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nonprofit-medical-debt-buy-forgive/