"Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling." www.cbsnews.com/news/health-... - ThreadSky

fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social • 1 day ago

"Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-costs-medical-debt-americans-borrowing/

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ajnamdeplume.bsky.social•1 day ago

#Alert #TrumpDOGE is now threatening a *very powerful* segment of biz in America that touches literally every industry in USA & Europe, global consulting firms, aka Big 4, like #Deloitte
2023 Rev: $65B, Emp: 412K
+
#Accenture
Rev: $64B, Emp: 733K, 43% of which are #women

https://bsky.app/profile/ajnamdeplume.bsky.social/post/3ljtu3armys24

ajnamdeplume.bsky.social•1 day ago

#UniversalHealthcare

@senatedem.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
#StopCorporateGreed
#WeTriedToTellYou, but #politicians refuse to fix it bcuz #corporations are greedy campaign donors.

https://bsky.app/profile/ajnamdeplume.bsky.social/post/3lhz2u7iogc22

stoicthinker2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

Profit over people.

ajnamdeplume.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ajnamdeplume.bsky.social/post/3lhz4rjds2s22

greg60.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow… and this orange bitch-in-chief plays golf … 🤬

acabchick.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's why I call USA's evil system 'Deathcare.'
Thankfully, I qualify for monthly APTC Tax Credits, which greatly reduce my monthly insurance premium payments.
Otherwise, I would be royally & totally screwed.
Which is why we need Medicare For All.
#SinglePayer #MedicareForAll #UniversalHealthcare

smushedham.bsky.social•1 hour ago

The USA cannot be taken seriously as a 1st world country, nor an economic power when it refuses its citizens basic human rights.

ljall.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’re paying for useless CEO’s. They just try to merge, bankrupt their competition. That’s why we need bipartisanship universal care. Something on the line the congress has.

xerxerses.bsky.social•1 day ago

Then they get bailouts. 🤷🏾

ripple-b.bsky.social•1 day ago

The word “troubling” is doing a heavy lift here, while standing in for “criminal”.

my3kats.bsky.social•1 day ago

You would think once Magats start losing their coverage and have to start paying these prices it might start to move the needle. But who knows. Read story about how families are cheering that their family members are losing their government jobs. The propaganda has rotted their brains.

goblinbox.com•1 day ago

this shit was already happening, and this admin told them to blame it all on imaginary illegal immigrants

they just wanted to live in a society where they can be openly racist

citrinesoul.bsky.social•1 day ago

Greed keeps the US from Universal Healthcare. I worked for a large health network & had access to salaries. Some physicians grossed upwards to 1M/ year and a handful grossed over 1M. Universal Healthcare would drastically reduce salaries. Those well-paid physicians will not allow that.

planningforall.bsky.social•1 day ago

Perhaps that. But also the large profits insurance companies and their shareholders make from profiting off everyday Americans. Politicians get large campaign donations from Big Pharma and companies like UHC.

citrinesoul.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is a big factor too...all comes down to greed.

mshmcw.bsky.social•1 day ago

You have to fight for decent affordable healthcare. Americans are too lazy to do it. They'd rather go into debt and they don't want to share hospital rooms with minorities. They all want private rooms in hospitals with the worst health outcomes in the world. It's about priorities.

paulaa99.bsky.social•1 day ago

I disagree with you on so many levels. No one wants to go in debt for medical care. I’d share a room with any race. Race isn’t a disease. And Americans. For the most part, aren’t lazy.

mshmcw.bsky.social•1 day ago

When you present your plan to fight for affordable healthcare, I'll join you right away. What is it?

mshmcw.bsky.social•1 day ago

So what's your plan to change it? The majority of White Americans are racist. Until you face that fact, nothing changes. A large number of Americans think they deserve better treatment if they have higher incomes. More than 60% of the US population is obese. Lazy thinking and behaviors.

navaljelly.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Look at you blaming the victims of food deserts and expensive vegetables. You sound like a fucking conservative.

seetieb.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA are racists, they are not the majority!

mshmcw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where was their enthusiasm for Obama's agenda? He just about got enough of their votes for ACA. From my experience working on campaigns for Dems, I think White Liberal Dems are as, and maybe more racist than MAGA. They just do it in a more sneaky way.

mshmcw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are you really naive enough to think that many White Democrats are not also racists? Look at the votes to censure Al Green but not MTG and Boebart? Look at what they are doing in Palestine but screaming about occupation in Ukraine. Where is their promised Police reform bill?

srstaple.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also stupidity because of very effective scare tactics

Remember the they’re gonna kill gramma via death panels when they were trying to pass ACA?

I vividly remember one Karen screaming that if you took care of yourself you wouldn’t have pre-existing conditions in the first place😑

bradlovett.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. “ it’s your fault that you’re sick, therefore you deserve no healthcare.”

srstaple.bsky.social•1 day ago

Babies might like a word

fuckus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thats why Bernie Sanders rock and denmark is the best place in the world

frankieboy1964.bsky.social•1 day ago

Health Insurance is a scam on the people.

cubtrader.bsky.social•1 day ago

My dental implant and crown cost $5,000. Insane.
I can afford it. Millions cannot.
Do not ever make fun of people who are missing teeth, even if they are Trumpers.

cubtrader.bsky.social•1 day ago

USA healthcare is a totally fucked up privatization racket, and GOP Fascists are getting ready to privatize even more of our services.
🤬

goldentornado.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's the most regressive in the world. Robber barons run amok. Thieves, all.

halleyhart.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, gets rid of generational transfer of wealth if you bleed them dry before they die.

thereallajones.bsky.social•1 day ago

UnitedHealth companies are the biggest HEALTH FRAUD in American history. 🤬

paulaa99.bsky.social•1 day ago

Followed by Humana. They were ok until my Mom was dying. Then they didn’t want to cover anything.

pat112.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will that be Mastercard, Visa, or Death is America in a nutshell.

Profit kills.

#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #HealthCare

harveya1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rick Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the US history. And he got elected to the Senate. Trump, Scott, Musk et al all grifters, con artistes and criminals. And Americans vote for them. WTF is wrong with you?

vaedablue.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rick Scott’s fraud is the reason everyone in the healthcare industry is required to take Fraud, Waste, and Abuse training every year. The irony!

shawnjohn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Americans are easily influenced and brainwashed by the media outlets.

izypee.bsky.social•1 day ago

More than half of America are IDIOTS. After everything that has happened the past few weeks, ask them who they would vote for in the next election.... those same evil, fugly, rotten to the core sellouts. There's no more "for the people" here. They're there to enrich their own ass. SMH.

wokefriends.bsky.social•1 day ago

captconvolvuli.bsky.social•1 day ago

Love the spirit Mr Psycho murderer, but we need to watch our grammar.
'An' before the definite article 'Evil Bastard', please.

kroganairdrop.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes! Thank you!

arkangl67.bsky.social•1 day ago

So now the lenders keep making 10% on that for decades. And it's numbers like that all the time. Medical debt is a crime.

humanity101.bsky.social•1 day ago

👀👆😳‼️ Rightwing extremist party called Deform UK supports a US-style “insurance -health system” for the UK. Currently healthcares is funded primarily through “National Insurance” taxation and the state.
@theguardian.com

area51andahalf.bsky.social•1 day ago

And big pharma hit records, as did the for-profit hospitals. Having it be what it is, they can raise the prices as much as they want..pay or die.

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srstaple.bsky.social•1 day ago

Troubling???
I work out about 6 hours a week and a mo ago I injured my hip to a degree that I couldn’t stand up/sit down/drive etc w/o screaming pain. Finally went to the dr and have a torn labral and got a cort shot-past wk finally am mobile
HOWEVER-now the bills my ins won’t cover are rolling in😩

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