• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    You don’t live here so you have no idea what you are talking about. Being uninsured in the US is absolutely insane.

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      6 hours ago

      Ah yes, the classic dismissal because they claim someone can’t know something if they don’t live there, so they can issue a BLANKET no one can afford it.

      There’s was 25.3 million uninsured people in the USA in 2023 but you’re so confident that none of them could ever afford a $2400 treatment.

      https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/

      In 2023, of the total uninsured population ages 0 to 64, nearly three in four (73.7%) had at least one full-time worker in their family, and 11.2% had a part-time worker in their family (Figure 4). More than eight in ten (80.9%) uninsured people were in families with incomes below 400% of the federal poverty level

      Emphasis mine.

      You know what that means? 2/10 had over 400% of the minimum poverty level.

      For a single person that would be: $63,840. (5,320/m)

      For a couple with no kids, that would be: $86,560 (7213/m)

      You don’t think that maybe, these 2/10 people out of 10’s of millions could possibly afford it if needed?

      over eight in ten (84%) uninsured adults said they worried that health care costs would put them in debt or increase their existing debt, compared to 71% of adults with insurance (Figure 10).

      Hmm interesting, 16% seem to think they could afford something if needed? It seems to line up closely with that 2/10 earning over 400% as well.

      That’s more people than many countries have, and more people than many of any given US state.

      Like I had around a 1/5 chance of providing useful info to OP when I replied based off this.