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"Many people in the mid-range of income distribution don't have very much savings," Collins added. "People may avoid care, but at some point it becomes inevitable."
Unavoidable health expenditures drive others into debt.
For Macon, a mother of two adult children, bills piled up fast. Labs, PT scans, MRIs and oncologist visits quickly chewed through her meager savings.
The barrage of medical expenses meant Macon wasn't able to get her car repaired and now has to rely on friends or charity organizations for rides to medical appointments. She's worried about Christmas next month and whether she'll be able to buy gifts for her family. Staying at home so much, she said, is isolating.
"It's really wrecking my credit," she said of her medical bills. "I'm behind on so many things. I can't keep up with any payments that are being asked of me."
In a few weeks, she'll learn if the treatments she's had are working. If they aren't, she'll have to go on palliative care, a frightening and expensive prospect.
"I do everything I can to try to stay calm," she said. "But all the financial stress, on top of trying to heal, is ridiculous."
ABCNews
This is why we're going to enact Medicare for all. So people like Lee-Ellen Macon, and the 500,000 Americans just like her every year, don't have to worry about going bankrupt or relying on community handouts and gofundme campaigns to pay for life saving medical treatment.
Unavoidable health expenditures drive others into debt.
For Macon, a mother of two adult children, bills piled up fast. Labs, PT scans, MRIs and oncologist visits quickly chewed through her meager savings.
The barrage of medical expenses meant Macon wasn't able to get her car repaired and now has to rely on friends or charity organizations for rides to medical appointments. She's worried about Christmas next month and whether she'll be able to buy gifts for her family. Staying at home so much, she said, is isolating.
"It's really wrecking my credit," she said of her medical bills. "I'm behind on so many things. I can't keep up with any payments that are being asked of me."
In a few weeks, she'll learn if the treatments she's had are working. If they aren't, she'll have to go on palliative care, a frightening and expensive prospect.
"I do everything I can to try to stay calm," she said. "But all the financial stress, on top of trying to heal, is ridiculous."
ABCNews
This is why we're going to enact Medicare for all. So people like Lee-Ellen Macon, and the 500,000 Americans just like her every year, don't have to worry about going bankrupt or relying on community handouts and gofundme campaigns to pay for life saving medical treatment.
