That number is the amount of people who also listed medical bills *among other debt* in their bankruptcy. It is not medical bills alone that caused the filing. And I’m someone who agrees that medical expenses are a big problem - but don’t lie.
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"don't lie" would mean an end to their influence
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I'd like to see the figures for "Number of people who travel to other countries for medical care."
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@asymmetricinfo has repeatedly crawled through the deeply biased and wildly misinterpreted data on the influence of medical issues on bankruptcy. Main takeaways: primary influence is on reduced income, not bills, and other countries make bankruptcy WAY WAY HARDER & thus rarer.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Number of people who protect their own lives using a firearm each year: France: 0 Japan: 0 Germany: 0 Britain: 0 Canada: 0 Switzerland: 0 Netherlands: 0 USA: 1,587,333 I mean... since we don't have to back claims up any more
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Golly, that's a lot of grave harm averted by minimal cost to individuals and zero cost to government!
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