Analysts say a ‘sea change’ occurred in the American healthcare system from when only a tenth of debt came from the insured

People with health insurance may now represent the majority of debtors American hospitals struggle to collect from, according to medical billing analysts.

This marks a sea change from just a few years ago, when people with health insurance represented only about one in 10 bills hospitals considered “bad debt”, analysts said.

“We always used to consider bad debt, especially bad debt write-offs from a hospital perspective, those [patients] that have the ability to pay but don’t,” said Colleen Hall, senior vice-president for Kodiak Solutions, a billing, accounting and consulting firm that works closely with hospitals and performed the analysis.

“Now, it’s not as if these patients across the board are even able to pay, because [out-of-pocket costs are] such an astronomical amount related to what their general income might be.”

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Direct action will only spark a civil war.

    This statement directly contradicts almost all of the progress that has been made in this country since its foundation.

    Practically nothing has come as a result of “voting correctly” and almost everything we have can be attributed directly to direct action campaigns.

    The 8 hour work day, then end of slavery, womens right to vote, social welfare programs, gay rights, rights for blacks in the south.

    All a result of direct action. If anything the “incrementalism” has proved to be the exact opposite.

    • chaogomu@kbin.social
      3·
      11 months ago

      I’m sorry, I meant direct action by say, Biden.

      If the Democrats were to follow the Republican playbook, and start fighting dirty.

      That would kick off the civil war, and in the bloodiest way possible. But make no mistake, the Republicans will try to start the war anyway. When they do it, the military will almost certainly not be on their side.

      That’s why Tuberville was blocking military promotions. The only reason that shit stopped was because Trump is mostl likely not going to win again. Trump is too far gone into his own toxic bullshit. He has die hard fans, but has been scaring away the more moderate side of the republican party.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        That would kick off the civil war, and in the bloodiest way possible. But make no mistake, the Republicans will try to start the war anyway. When they do it, the military will almost certainly not be on their side.

        Thank you for the clarification. I also agree with your third point, and to some extent, this might be the Dems saving grace, being that the Republicans cant seem to protect themselves from themselves.