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Almost 2x the amount of Americans in medical debt than there are Canadian people existing on Planet Earth.

6mon 10d ago by lemmy.ca/u/badmancrooks in medicine@lemmy.ca from www.commonwealthfund.org

"In fact, 41 percent of working-age Americans—or 72 million people—have medical bill problems or are paying off medical debt, up from 34 percent in 2005. If you add in the 7 million elderly adults who are also dealing with these issues, a total of 79 million Americans have medical bill or debt problems."

Population of Canada in 2025 ~ 40.2 - 41.7 million.

Links: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/survey-79-million-americans-have-problems-medical-bills-or-debt