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.
America complains about Canadians paying more taxes but I guarantee you I have never paid $10k a year in taxes that would just go towards our free healthcare.
Universal healthcare will happen in the USA once my fellow Americans figure out that paying $8K a year in premiums is more than $2K a year in taxes. So. It could take awhile.
Sure. That’s probably thanks to the progressive taxation. I’d probably fall under the higher tax brackets if I had an equivalent job in Canada and probably be paying at least 15K a year for healthcare there.
But you know what? I’d be more than happy to pay that for if it meant free at the point of use healthcare for everyone since I’ve gone from poverty to not having food insecurity and know what it’s like to not have any insurance.
That 10k he is paying is on top of taxes for Medicare and Medicaid.
We are already paying taxes to cover the old and the sickest, plus paying for our own care and the profits of the for-profit system.