I don't know about suicide or ruining their lives per-se, but people often go bankrupt from medical bullshit. Also it is quite common for people suffering from all sorts of things to wait until their minor discomforts become intolerable suffering before seeing a doctor, which is how I operate. Too many physician visits where a doctor filled out some Epic form bullshit while ignoring me and then pushing me out of their office as quickly as possible because I wasn't currently dying.
>I don't know about suicide or ruining their lives per-se, but people often go bankrupt from medical bullshit.
One study found that only 4% of US bankruptcies are because of medical bills https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/0... . A tipoff that [insert large percentage here] of bankruptcies aren't actually because of medical costs is that only 6% of bankruptcies by those without health insurance are because of that cause. The biggest cause of bankruptcies is lack of income, which health insurance doesn't affect.
