What is that like?
Some notes:
Approximately 20% of Americans, or more than 40 million people, have no health insurance:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4509618&page=1
According to this article, medical bills play a role in 60% of personal-bankruptcy cases in the USA:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/hospital-bills-medical-debt-bankruptcy/584998/
In the USA, the average cost of stitches is $500 PER stitch:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/health/as-hospital-costs-soar-single-stitch-tops-500.html
The average cost of health insurance for Americans is $321 per month:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/heres-how-much-the-average-american-spends-on-health-care.html
The average cost to have a baby in the USA is $10,808, which can balloon to $30,000 when factoring in after-pregnancy care for the mother and child:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-have-a-baby-2018-4?r=US&IR=T
Some notes:
Approximately 20% of Americans, or more than 40 million people, have no health insurance:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4509618&page=1
According to this article, medical bills play a role in 60% of personal-bankruptcy cases in the USA:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/hospital-bills-medical-debt-bankruptcy/584998/
In the USA, the average cost of stitches is $500 PER stitch:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/health/as-hospital-costs-soar-single-stitch-tops-500.html
The average cost of health insurance for Americans is $321 per month:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/heres-how-much-the-average-american-spends-on-health-care.html
The average cost to have a baby in the USA is $10,808, which can balloon to $30,000 when factoring in after-pregnancy care for the mother and child:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-have-a-baby-2018-4?r=US&IR=T
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