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Medical debt= leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Solution (?) 1) Amend constitution to include a base level of guaranteed right to free healthcare for all citizens 2) Single payer system, with privatized option**I see you, capitalists ;)
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There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care. It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors

The VA is not perfect. But my patients never face this dilemma. It’s what all of us could have in a sane system. Deaths like his are what give us mortality curves like this 👇🏻

Medical Debt: America’s silent epidemic. www.npr.org/sections/hea...

In America, getting sick can cost you everything. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The United States pay significantly more than any other country in healthcare expenditure per person. Do you think we are getting our money’s worth?

The United States is the only major country to not guarantee healthcare as a basic human right for citizens. Every other major country figured this out years ago, at a much lower cost.

www.internationalinsurance.com/health/syste...

Yet Another Private Equity Disaster: How Profit-Driven Healthcare Fails patients prospect.org/health/2025-...