How about medical debt?

Seems many of you are against cancelling student loan debt out of some misplaced sense of pride or something. But how about medical debt?

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DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

The interesting thing is student debt is voluntary and planned unless one simply ignores the reality. Medical debt is not quite same though you could say “why didn’t you but more insurance?” Still...

NoahB · 26-30, M

@DownTheStreet so your answer is....?

MorbidCynic · F

@DownTheStreet some of us have jobs that won’t give us insurance until we have been there for 5 years but we haven’t even been in the workforce that long 💀

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

@NoahB hard no to forgiving student debt

NoahB · 26-30, M

@DownTheStreet that wasn’t the question here. I asked about medical debt

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

@NoahB no

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

@NoahB like when it’s “forgiven” is that the same “who is going to pay for me debt because I’m not?”

NoahB · 26-30, M

@DownTheStreet it means you are bailed out. Like what the government did for the banks during the crash.

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

@NoahB so the tax payer

NoahB · 26-30, M

@DownTheStreet yes essentially.

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

@NoahB I’m not a fan of nationalized medicine but I think having a universal fund for catastrophic injury and disease might be wise. Like the individual is responsible to a point. Either way the tax payer funds it; granted a large % of population pays no federal tax

NoahB · 26-30, M

@DownTheStreet sounds a bit like over complicating it to me but it’s better than nothing I suppose