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.
I had cancer 3 years ago. I will be paying off my treatment costs for the next 10 years, like I will be fully in remission for over 5 years from cancer and still paying off my treatment. So maybe that is why.
Super Mario Bros
And when you do go you feel like you’re being rushed through the checkout lane and don’t receive the help you actually need.
In America the only hope you have of receiving real medical care is being rushed into the ER actively in the process of dying. That’s when you MIGHT get attended by a real medical professional that knows what they’re doing and dedicates the time necessary to actually help you.
And then you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
The last time I saw my doctor, the amount of times she interrupted and spoke over me to speed things up and got everything wrong was amazing. There was an important thing I left having not addressed at all!
i was seeing a derm this year due to severe atopic dermatitis, he just sat at least 6 feet away and took pictures of my rashes, dint even examine them up close, dint get the chance to tell them about a new lip chelitis thing going on too. so his “examination” was justing sitting far away from me and looking at the rashes.
I wonder if these adults will start voting for people interested in socialized medicine?
Just like Biden was interested in $15 an hour?
Just like Trump was interested in no wars?
(it doesn’t matter what they say they are interested in. Don’t be a sucker)
Anytime Biden tried to do anything good for people like cancel student loans, he’s been blocked by Republicans at every turn.
As was the plan all along for an establishment ghoul
You think the Biden administration fought for it all the way to the Supreme(-ly Corrupt) Court, hoping it would be struck down? Really, you think this was the intended plan?
Biden was the senator who authored, sponsored, and loudly endorsed the 2005 BAPCPA legislation, which prevents student loan borrowers from declaring bankruptcy over their crushing debt. Hot on the heels of GWB removing the tuition increase caps for state universities. Senator Biden of Delaware was literally “their guy” - meaning the student loan lenders and accompanying financial institutions.
So no, he was doing his job by ensuring the debt forgiveness did not succeed. Or if it did, that 95% of recipients would be means tested out of it. This complements his job as a centrist corporate ghoul - to trick people into believing the democrats would do something to meaningfully improve their lives, if only those pesky republicans would let them.
Or, you know, in the 15 years between that and his administration he saw the data and changed his views. That is a thing people can do, you know?
Let us know when you change your view of the democrats intentions. Maybe you need just a little bit more data.
Bad take. Presidents can’t set the Federal Minimum Wage unilaterally, yet alone state level minimum wages.
Rolls around in free checkups, hospital visits, and cheap medications.
No, you wouldn’t want this. It’s awful! Your GDP couldn’t possibly afford it.
If the crash that many are predicting is actually coming, we might not be able to afford it for a while, until we actually get corps and the rich to put into society again
Socialised healthcare is actually cheaper than non socialised healthcare
Yes we know. So everyone needs to stop voting for people who take bribes to prevent us from getting it
If it’s still possible for voting to work, we have to get rid of all the establishment corpo-critters, the ones taking money from AIPAC, etc. Many leftist social dems are winning primaries, get them in office this November and maybe we can stem the tide. Maybe.
The problem is that our political system… what remains of it at this point… is rigged to represent the dumbest 1/3rd of the population with roughly 3/5th of the effective governmental lawmaking power.
Not the trump voters. N
This is by design. The government wants this for us.
Insurers want this for us. It’s like a subscription fee you’ve forgotten about or a gym membership you keep telling yourself you’ll start using again. The existing establishment wants their lobby money to keep flowing. Bringing in new leaders who actually care about the people should be the voters goal. I think we’re waking up as a populace but we’ve got everything working against us. We just needed the world to literally burn around us to give a shit tho.
planet fitness model, they encourage people to pay, but not to use the gym facilities.
Rich people want everyone else to get shut out of medical care so they are doctors’ only priority. That’s one facet of the permanent underclass they hope for.
Slaves are easy to control when they are afraid. Afraid to get sick, afraid to get help, because they are afraid to go in debt.
A lot of people say the world is three meals away from revolution, but in reality it’s three meals away from selling their own mother for a can of dog food.
Isn’t it more specifically three missed meals?
This seems right but… why are so many clinics still so backed up then?
It is not profitable to have well staffed clinics.
https://www.hfma.org/fast-finance/private-equity-hospital-cuts/
There’s a shortage of healthcare professionals in usa. Good for business I suppose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician_shortage_in_the_United_States
In other news, water is wet.
News for you, water is not actually wet.
/ ˈpɛdəntrɪ /
noun
the habit or an instance of being a pedant, esp in the display of useless knowledge or minute observance of petty rules or details
I paid $400 for a 30 minute virtual visit where they asked me the same god damn questions I filled out on the intake form. Insurance covered 60% of that.
I had/have a chronic long term injury. I was referred to a specialist. Wait time was 5 MONTHS to see the specialist. In non-stop pain.
I go in after crossing an ocean of pain. Guy looks at my paperwork for 30 seconds. Looks at me. Tells me I was sent to the wrong place and gives me the number for the right office. I was charged a little over $400 for 5 minutes with the wrong person after 5 months. I never paid it. Not sure if I got sent to collections. I don’t care.
And yet, if you torture a insurance corporations CEO, youre a bad guy!
Fuck that. That’s awful.
I don’t do electronic intake forms where possible.
Like when they text me in advance definitely not.
When they give me something in the waiting room I just do basic details.
When paying exorbitant rates I don’t think talking to a human is too much to ask.
I got charged $860 for a urine drug test because my physician required it before they would refill my meds, because it’s their organizational policy. My insurance covered a little more than half, so now they are trying to stick me with a $300+ bill for a test that was never medically indicated, that I never asked for, that had no potential benefit to my health, but was required BY THEM to get my prescription refilled.
I’m a fucking middle aged man with young kids and I’m on Adderall. You really think I’m selling my fucking meds after being on them for 20+ years?
I reported them to the state for racketeering and I’m waiting to hear back, but the hospital has already sent a message that they are ‘reviewing’ things.
They charge 3-4x the standard rate for the test, and then refuse to refill your meds until you’ve taken the test, and they do so without any cause
I haven’t seem a doctor since 2013. Ain’t no way I could afford that bill. Thankfully I’ve had no major health complications or I’d be zeroed out and still probably owe money.
Best country in the world!
Oh wait…
Not just US… EU is also getting worse
End stage capitalism comes for us all eventually. Today us, tomorrow you.
I’ve probably needed PT for the past couple years. However, last time I went for an acute injury, it cost me $1200 in scans. The result was them saying there was nothing visibly wrong and it would probably clear up on its own in a couple of more weeks (they told me 4-6 weeks post injury and this was on week 3). So I essentially paid all that money for nothing.
I’m in the fortunate position that I can technically afford these kinds of expenses, but I still put off care because of the price. I completely understand why people in a worse position than me would absolutely not go to the doctor.
(what is PT?) And jeeeez…1200 moneyzs for some scans that didn’t even lead somewhere? I’d be furious. Your system is really broken :-(
I mean I have to pay medical bills too (germany, privately insured not public, then it would just be free) but I get it back later by the insurance. With every year not producing any costs I even get back a portion of the money they take monthly. And we still complain…probably shouldn’t.
physical therapy
Ah, thx!
Physical therapy
How much of the remaining 8% aren’t going to the doctor because they can’t find one in network and the insurance company makes that basically impossible.
Not adopting socialism is expensive.
Whether you’re counting in dollars or lives
$30k in debt because I didn’t feel like dying in June! Eagle screech
