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ELI5 American healthcare bills (lemmit.online)

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The original was posted on /r/explainlikeimfive by /u/TheAquaFortis on 2023-06-27 08:16:55+00:00.

I live in eastern EU. People on Re||ddit post 24000 USD medical bills (after insurance deduction) for like, very basic medical treatment. Thats like 3 years of average income in my country. I just can’t understand how people are even able to get thru this without needing to sell their house. I get payment plans, but an average american gets like 2 of theese bills/ year, or atleast once no? Wouldn’t the payment orders stack up after a while?

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[–] itsnotlupus 1 points 1 year ago

my ELI5 for that would just be:

Sometimes, bad things happen to good people.

telling a 5 year old the truth about the US healthcare system would be unbelievably fucked up.