mogandave Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Medical debts contribute to almost half of all bankruptcies in the United States. link Using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. The rest met criteria for medical bankruptcy because they had lost significant income due to illness or mortgaged a home to pay medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance. Using identical definitions in 2001 and 2007, the share of bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6%. In logistic regression analysis controlling for demographic factors, the odds that a bankruptcy had a medical cause was 2.38-fold higher in 2007 than in 2001. link Medical problems caused 62% of all personal bankruptcies filed in the U.S. in 2007, according to a study by Harvard researchers. And in a finding that surprised even the researchers, 78% of those filers had medical insurance at the start of their illness, including 60.3% who had private coverage, not Medicare or Medicaid. link Right, people that actually have money and or real property, and are foolish enough to not have insurance, and are foolish enough to use their real names, file bankruptcy to avoid having to pay for their medical treatment. What you’re point? They still got care, and they still own their home, their car and any retirment savings. You guys crack me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Just like other countries you leave your home country for more than 6 months you get nothing England is just moving with the times at last. Time for you all here to get your heath Insurance before you fall though the cracks You legally can't be denied emergency treatment in the UK . Doesn't Thailand also offer emergency treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Just like other countries you leave your home country for more than 6 months you get nothing England is just moving with the times at last. Time for you all here to get your heath Insurance before you fall though the cracks You get 9 points for the ugliest comment i have seen today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepool Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 MODS This thread was opened to discuss UK citizens right to access health care in the UK. It seems to have been hijacked by moaning Americans --------------------please can these irrelevant to the topic posts be removed ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 MODS This thread was opened to discuss UK citizens right to access health care in the UK. It seems to have been hijacked by moaning Americans --------------------please can these irrelevant to the topic posts be removed ? Though I'm not American I think your suggestion is a wonderful idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 MODS This thread was opened to discuss UK citizens right to access health care in the UK. It seems to have been hijacked by moaning Americans --------------------please can these irrelevant to the topic posts be removed ? Though I'm not American I think your suggestion is a wonderful idea. I agree. Let them start their own moaning thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 MODS This thread was opened to discuss UK citizens right to access health care in the UK. It seems to have been hijacked by moaning Americans --------------------please can these irrelevant to the topic posts be removed ? Though I'm not American I think your suggestion is a wonderful idea. I agree. Let them start their own moaning thread Probably just easier to hijack others....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 A number of posts discussing obamacare removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 nothing is FREE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yes it is. My NI payments entitle me to a lifetime of NHS benefits. ........ unless some b@stard changes the rules. I thought it was free, why all this talk of payments? Free AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY.... Understand? Like when I order something online, and they charge my credit card when it ships, so by the time it gets to the house it's free? You mean like that? No like you pay taxes and when you need some medical care you go to the doctor or the hospital and you don't have to pay the doctor or the hospital. FREE AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY. Understand? Is is that difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yes it is. My NI payments entitle me to a lifetime of NHS benefits. ........ unless some b@stard changes the rules. I thought it was free, why all this talk of payments? Free AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY.... Understand? Like when I order something online, and they charge my credit card when it ships, so by the time it gets to the house it's free? You mean like that? No like you pay taxes and when you need some medical care you go to the doctor or the hospital and you don't have to pay the doctor or the hospital. FREE AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY. Understand? Is is that difficult? For him, clearly it us a concept too difficult to grasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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