A Republican running in my district was open to supporting Medicare for All, a public option, and selling across state lines to lower costs. This surprised me.

Currently 2/3rds of all bankruptcies are due to medical bills, assets and property can be seized, and in some states people go to jail for unpaid medical bills.

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I’m surprised at how many conservatives support universal healthcare, Medicare for all, and public options.

Regarding the 2/3rd’s claim. Maybe I should say “contributes to” 2/3rd’s of all bankrupies. The study I’m referring to says:

“Table 1 displays debtors’ responses regarding the (often multiple) contributors to their bankruptcy. The majority (58.5%) “very much” or “somewhat” agreed that medical expenses contributed, and 44.3% cited illness-related work loss; 66.5% cited at least one of these two medical contributors—equivalent to about 530 000 medical bankruptcies annually.” (Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act)

Approximately 40% of men and women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes.

Cancer causes significant loss of income for patients and their families, with an estimated 42% of cancer patients 50 or older depleting their life savings within two years of diagnosis.