Reply #78: Medical Bankruptcy = Obama's "Uniquely American Solution" [View All]

[bvar22]

"Medical Bankruptcy" is a term unknown in every other civilized country In the WORLD.

"Medical bankruptcy does not exist in countries with universal health coverage like Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Finland, and France, just to name a quick dozen.� But, here in the wealthiest, most powerful country in the world, medical debt forces many people into bankruptcy."

http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/11/25/medical-bankruptcy-is-no-myth/

" Medical bills are behind more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday in a report they said demonstrates that healthcare reform is on the wrong track.

More than 75 percent of these bankrupt families had health insurance but still were overwhelmed by their medical debts, the team at Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University reported in the American Journal of Medicine.

http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/2009/06/04/medical-bankruptcy-time-to-update-that-statistic/

Thank You, Obama & The "Centrist" Democrats, for this wonderful "Uniquely American Solution".
The HCR Bill was NOT a "step forward". It was a step BACK into the Gilded Age.
To fully appreciate how BAD the HCR Bill really is, simply compare it to what is taken for granted in the Civilized World!


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at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
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