The most surprising thing for me in talking to real people experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area was realizing how much medical bankruptcy played a role in many cases.https://twitter.com/KHNews/status/1100496650454425600 …
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So incredibly sad, and the connection makes sense. Is this because they didn’t have health insurance at the time?
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If you read the Kaiser study, it literally says almost half of people burn through their life savings if they’re diagnosed with cancer *even if* they have health insurance.
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from my own research what I hear a lot is Mental Health seems to be a huge one too!
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I mean, if you lost your wife and your housing, I’m sure some mental health issues including depression would surface afterward.
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That’s so heartbreaking.

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Here in Ireland and Europe the question that always follows these US healthcare horror stories of destitution and cruelty is: How can they live like that? It's the same question that follows school shootings.
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what massive disaster is health care in america.
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