- Many, many people qualify for state insurance which pays for 100% of all healthcare, including dental, vision, preemptive care and other miscellaneous concerns.
- EMTALA (see above) is a federal law that says you have to be treated, stabilized and discharged healthy regardless of ability to pay.
- Effective July 1, 2022, paid medical collection debt is no longer included on U.S. consumer credit reports. So, ya know... Rack up those bills, kids!
People like to talk that bullshit about American healthcare, but the reality is we have the best of the best. It's so goddamn expensive because the very poor get it free, people who have good jobs get it through their employer, and the people without it still get seen and treated without bias.
We actually have a much better system than socialized medicine when you think about it, since we don't have to wait our asses off to be seen and we get the best doctors and top of the line treatment.