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HerKing · 61-69, M
No quite. Everyone pays for medical care in whichever country they live. The difference is, that in America the insurance companies and pharma companies work in a mutually (to each other) beneficial environment whereby the patients or as they prefer 'products' pay through the nose for care, medicines, referrals etc because the mantra is that anything else is socialism. Those against a mutually beneficial health service free at the [i]point of need[/i] (That's the difference and a crucial one) would rather be destitute than have that.
Sadly the biggest reason for people losing their homes in America is just that: The inability to pay medical bills. ACA is far from perfect, the NHS in the UK is and never has been or will be either, and that was founded in 1947/48, but it's a hell of a lot better than the situation in the USA. Incidentally, the USA is way down the list of any metric comparing like for like on medical matters with any other industrial country. It's even worse than Cuba in some respects.
Sadly the biggest reason for people losing their homes in America is just that: The inability to pay medical bills. ACA is far from perfect, the NHS in the UK is and never has been or will be either, and that was founded in 1947/48, but it's a hell of a lot better than the situation in the USA. Incidentally, the USA is way down the list of any metric comparing like for like on medical matters with any other industrial country. It's even worse than Cuba in some respects.