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applegrove

(130,404 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:48 PM Apr 2025

By country: Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: [View all]

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000

Thereâ€™s a lesson there.
— Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) 2025-04-10T15:48:24.911Z

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000

There’s a lesson there.

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By country: Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: [View all] applegrove Apr 2025 OP

USA! USA! We're #1. LoisB Apr 2025 #1

I'm one of the 530,000 Americans going into debt because of medical expenses Lawjo Apr 2025 #2

And the billionaires are Quanto Magnus Apr 2025 #3

I think that is based on old data but I have no reason to believe it has changed. progressoid Apr 2025 #4

Thanks for adding. applegrove Apr 2025 #6

As of Jan 2025 credit reports cannot include medical debt leftstreet Apr 2025 #5

"As markodochartaigh Apr 2025 #9

When my daughter was in her 20's, she traveled a lot. patphil Apr 2025 #7

Those countries also Figarosmom Apr 2025 #8

This is actually not true in Canada yliza Apr 2025 #10

No it is not perfect. Some extremely new treatments are not available or very rare applegrove Apr 2025 #12

This is a stunning statistic! Bumbles Apr 2025 #11

There is also a reason. All of those countries have universal health care paid for by taxes. flashman13 Apr 2025 #13

This is inaccurate, there ARE medical bankruptcies in other countries..... groundloop Apr 2025 #14