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sethnintendo on 21 May 2020
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Ka-pi96 said:
sethnintendo said:

Just learned that British are about as poor as Americans when looking at the lower income class. I thought they paid their lower wage workers better than here.

"According to the Money Advice Service, about 17 million people in Britain have less than 100 pounds ($122) in savings to dip into when a crisis strikes and those working in some of the sectors worst hit by the pandemic are particularly vulnerable."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-credit-ins/britons-spurned-by-banks-caught-in-a-coronavirus-credit-crunch-idUSKBN22X0IR

Depends. What value do you put on healthcare? Because low earning British people have that. Low earning Americans don't.

Well the ACA tried to help subsidize health plans for low income earners in USA but it was just a patch on a terrible system.  So I'd have to say at least Brits don't have to worry about being in medical debt the rest of their lives and have their wages garnished to pay off overpriced medical care.