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CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 1 week agoPeople in Australia do experience medical bankruptcy. It’s incredibly rare now. But it’s true. But it used to be so much worse before we had a public health system. And health outcomes were worse as well. And it cost more.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
An article just yesterday about the same happening in Switzerland
rts.ch/…/covid-long-delais-de-2-ans-pour-une-rent…
Deway@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not it’s not about that at all. This is about someone not getting disability checks, not healthcare, two very different things.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
It’s about bankrupcy due to a medical condition.
Yes, resulting from lack of treatment and delay in paying disability benefits.
Deway@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, they got sick, now they have a long lasting condition and can’t work because of it. They did get treatment but can’t be cured (as of today long-covid is still a mystery). They didn’t lose all their money because of the medical bills, they’re losing their money because they can’t work anymore and the state is not giving them “benefits” (horrible word in this case). One is an issue with healthcare, one is an issue with social welfare, again, not the same thing.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You are full of shit.