Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

[Chrkeller]

Chris Hu said:

Chrkeller said:

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.

Happy to talk facts.  Ready to accept any?  

Fact 1: 94% of Americans have little to no medical debt.

Fact 2: 94% is an overwhelming vast majority

Fact 3: effective tax rate in the US is lower than most countries with universal Healthcare 

Accepting facts yet?  94% have little to no medical debt.  

Fact 4: US has the highest disposable income on the face of the planet.  

Fun with facts.  Can our system be better?  Sure.  Should it be better?  Absolutely.  But my original argument is people over blow the issue.  And facts support my position.  94% of the population doesn't have an issue.  94%.  

You have to remember my argument wasnt we have a percent system, it was the system isn't as bad as people make out. 

Last edited by Chrkeller - 1 day ago