As expected, poorer people with no insurance and chronic illnesses are most affected, but even in their highest earning group of $240k+, 25% of people said they delayed a major life event to pay for healthcare. It underscores this as an issue that affects the bottom 99% of Americans as we all pretty much could guess.
I do think further studies should expand the survey questions because I go to the doctor way too much for chronic illness and I've never considered cutting back on utilities or literally skipping meals to pay for healthcare since where I live those savings are not enough to cover the costs on their own. In my experience, it's more common to travel for medical procedures/diagnoses, get medications shipped from other countries, and to literally just stop paying any medical bills that they don't make you pay upfront because fuck them.
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searabbit@piefed.social · 4 pts · 185d
As expected, poorer people with no insurance and chronic illnesses are most affected, but even in their highest earning group of $240k+, 25% of people said they delayed a major life event to pay for healthcare. It underscores this as an issue that affects the bottom 99% of Americans as we all pretty much could guess.
I do think further studies should expand the survey questions because I go to the doctor way too much for chronic illness and I've never considered cutting back on utilities or literally skipping meals to pay for healthcare since where I live those savings are not enough to cover the costs on their own. In my experience, it's more common to travel for medical procedures/diagnoses, get medications shipped from other countries, and to literally just stop paying any medical bills that they don't make you pay upfront because fuck them.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 185d
HIGHER Healthcare costs will make AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
-Free Thinking Republican after Trump says that!