Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

[Chris Hu]

Chrkeller said:

Chris Hu said:

It's not a BS myth unless you like to ignore basic facts.  The US leads the world in medical bankruptcies and medical debt no other country is even close to the US when it comes to that basic undeniable fact. 

Approximately 14 million people (6% of adults) in the U.S. owe over $1,000 in medical debt and about 3 million people (1% of adults) owe medical debt of more than $10,000.” 

1% owe over 10k...  99% owe less than 10k.  94% owe less than 1k.  So, yep.  

Credit card debt is 6x medical debt.  Americans have a spending problem.  

College debt is 9x more than medical.  

And the US is the world leader in disposable income.  Number 1.  People need to learn how to budget.  

Nice deflections from the actual problem.  But here are the plain undeniable facts:

Medical Bankruptcies by Country 2026

The US has 66.5% of all the medical bankruptcies in the world with less than 5% percent of the world's total population.