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> As far as I know two of those people are from the country with the best healthcare system in the world

Which country are you referring to here?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290168/health-index-of-...

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The US has state-of-the-art healthcare, and is probably the best place to get healthcare if you're rich.

For people working as restaurant servers, it's a terrible place for healthcare, but we're not talking about people like that here.

> The US has state-of-the-art healthcare... if you're rich.

> but we're not talking about people like restaurant servers

Indeed, we're talking about people who are neither restaurant servers nor multi-millionaires.

The question is, where exactly is the point where a US citizen can e.g. stop worrying about the possibility of medical bankruptcy. I think that it's substantially higher than "restaurant servers".

Forget bankruptcy. How about we just get to the point US citizens don't have to worry about calling an ambulance? When I was a kid (I'm late 40s now) it was $200-500. Now it's low to mid 5 figures. And if you don't call your insurance and get approval within the window they refuse to pay it. Guess what? When I am in need of an ambulance I'm probably indisposed to calling my insurance company (if I have one) and navigating their approval system for the hour it takes.

> How about we just get to the point US citizens don't have to worry about calling an ambulance? ... Now it's low to mid 5 figures

I think that this makes it clear that it is a problem for the professional middle-class, not just a " restaurant servers" problem

Here in Japan, ambulance rides are free. It's a difficult concept for American expats because they need it drummed into their heads that you just call for an ambulance if you have a problem that's serious enough for a hospital visit.

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