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Originally Posted by corroonb
Am I misinformed that one of the main causes of debt in the US is healthcare?
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No, you are not misinformed. Health care costs are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S.
Many of the subsidized programs fail to meet the needs of the struggling middle class because the middle class cannot qualify for coverage. Nate is correct about our taxes already supporting healthcare; the problem is that the programs are not open to large segments of the population who are currently uninsured or underinsured, are subject to funding whims depending on whether conservatives or liberals control the fiscal purse, and are necessary
because we do not have universal healthcare. Although no panacea, universal healthcare would probably stabilize, possibly even reduce, the taxes we pay toward providing healthcare for the uninsured.