Post #3148271
2026-03-24 19:33 UTC
@courtcan@mastodon.social @Azuaron@cyberpunk.lol
I do wonder what the percentage of debt people have is medical and what percentage of the US has medical debt...
like, it's traded, bundled and moved around for pennies on the dollar, but we can't just pay a hundreth of it all to actually resolve the debt. (because that wouldn't be capitalism's true form!)
I'm sorry, mostly that our society is broken; but I am sad, angry, and frustrated for how it hits you and others like this.
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@Azuaron@cyberpunk.lol 2026-03-24 19:45
@Kalshann@mastodon.social @courtcan@mastodon.social Quick numbers: Looks like the US has about $200 billion in medical debtAbout 40% of Americans have some kind of medical debt (which may include "I put it on my credit card", and may be a relatively small amount)If we focus on "significant" medical debt (over $250), we switch to 8-9% of Americans have "significant medical debt"6% owe more than $1,0001% owe more than $10,000And, as usual for the US, groups that are discriminated against are more likely to have medical debt (the disabled, Black, women) https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/the-burden-of-medical-debt-in-the-united-states/