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> In fact, getting a steep hospital bill is something more Americans say is their biggest financial fear.

This is a pretty bad thing. I can't imagine being sick and afraid of going to ER because there is a possibility of getting bankrupted.




Happens to loads of people. I hear about people getting shot and having someone drive them to the hospital to avoid the ambulance fee.

I was in a motorcycle accident and declined to even go to a hospital because I was uninsured at the time. Injuries were relatively minor (nothing broken but I didn't walk right for a while), but I had to make a judgement call moments after I flew through the air and hit my head enough to break the visor off my helmet. I got lucky, others have done the same and succumbed to internal injuries that weren't apparent.




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