Morgana’s complaint corner: The American healthcare system sucks

Morgana Carroll

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The American Healthcare System? More like the ‘America Doesn’t Care About Your Health’ System.

If I were to suffer some sort of incident right now, like suddenly all my bones were to break or I went into cardiac arrest, I don’t know how I would pay for it. My insurance can cover some of it, but for the most part, I’d be screwed. I have no way to pay for it right away, I don’t make enough to pay it off any time soon, even before interest. I could beg my parents for help but I’d feel bad doing so because they don’t make very much either.

Have you recently stopped to think about how messed up that is? It is atrocious that someone can be scared to get medical help because they know they can’t afford it. That doesn’t sound like a functioning society to me.

I don’t want to go bankrupt because I want to live.

According to U.S. Bureau Census data, 19% of families have medical debt. Around 25% of households with children under 18 hold medical debt. Personally? I think 0% of people should have medical debt.

Additionally, medical debt disproportionately impacts minorities. 27.9% of Black households have medical debt, 21.7% of Hispanic households have med-