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Do you get phone calls from bill collectors?

WTF am I supposed to do when I have no money? It's medical bills. A day in the hospital is almost $10,000 and I don't have it. I tried paying them monthly but to them it wasn't enough and they sent my bills to collections anyway. I HATE AMERICA.
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It's not only America. It's global.
gol979 · 41-45, M
@PrincessHoneyLips it's not global
StokedFox · 36-40, F
@PrincessHoneyLips I still hate this country.
@PrincessHoneyLips totally not global. Costs me about $500 a year for my whole family to be covered 100% medical bills
@PinkPowerRanger but yet. You pay. And if you didn't?
@gol979 what? You don't get dept collectors globally if you don't pay dept? What country is that then?
StokedFox · 36-40, F
@PrincessHoneyLips I'd pay$500 a year for health coverage...
@StokedFox me too. Cheapest health care I ever heard off.
@StokedFox its pretty cool, actually dont pay it per say, its just 2% of the tax. no debt collectors, employers withold tax. universal health care is the bomb. if its not paid we are still covered tho. it included all dental for kids and subsidised meds capped at 30 bucks.. people who are poor dont even pay anything and they get $6 capped medications
StokedFox · 36-40, F
@PinkPowerRanger I can't even think about taking my son to the dentist.
@StokedFox @PinkPowerRanger @PrincessHoneyLips it’s not global. Here in England it’s free. We don’t have to take out any medical insurance at all. America is a backwards uncivilised country in that respect I’m afraid. I’m sorry for you stoked fox.
gol979 · 41-45, M
@Helpinghands but getting privatised covertly. The establishment here are paving the way for an American style health system
@gol979 yes ,theyd like to, they’re fuckers. We’ve still got the NHS at the moment thankfully but if they ever manage to get close to turning it into an American system we should rise up and riot and hound them out of office.
gol979 · 41-45, M
@Helpinghands mate, it's happening right now. Did you see the health secretary's new idea (it's obviously not his idea) about the health app?
@gol979 no what is it ? Health app?!
gol979 · 41-45, M
@Helpinghands do you remember the press, about 2 weeks ago banging on about Matt HanCOCK saying that people should get out more and go to libraries (even though his government has been shutting down communal spaces) etc to feel better in health and mind, which is a good idea but everyone knows that? Well what the mainstream press didn't report is they will roll out a health app (with lots of caveats) so you can get 'instant' diagnosis. Also what they didn't tell you was that if you sign up for the app you have to deregister from your doctors.
Doctors are funded directly through the amount of patients they have on their books......so they cannot underfund the nhs too much (political suicide) but they can underfund it this way and this leads to the politicians and experts (who have other motives, profit) to say the nhs isn't working and we need to look at another way......ie an insurance scheme.

As noam Chomsky said......defund, slate the service then privatise (I'm paraphrasing)
@gol979 scary stuff , thanks for the heads up. I’ll avoid the app!
gol979 · 41-45, M
@Helpinghands no worries dude