Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

[Chris Hu]

Chrkeller said:

pokoko said:

Uh ... not to get into the actual argument but if most countries don't have a system where a "medical bankruptcy" is a thing then that percentage means nothing.  It's like saying China has the highest percentage of people who have a Chinese library card and then being surprised about it.

Also, many countries that don't have "medical bankruptcy" do have a fair number of people who declare normal bankruptcy for health related reasons with no further details.

That statistic does not have the impact that you think it does.  Otherwise, carry on.

THANK YOU.  I almost went there.  Your analogy is much better.  I was going to go with Florida has the most boat accidents, way more than Arizona, OMG something is wrong with boats in Florida!!  But yes, the stat is stupid.  

Edit

Also normalized per capita, Medical debt in the US comes out at $660.  Meanwhile, per capita, Canada is $1,020.  

The fact remains that the US has the highest percentage of medical bankruptcies in the world with less than 5% percent of the world's population but keep on deflecting that is the American way.  American's love to do that or ignore that a problem exists in the first place. 

Last edited by Chris Hu - 1 day ago