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0 pointsbuzzert1y ago0 comments

> no healthcare

Just a reminder, 92% of Americans have health insurance. California has universal healthcare, and there are more people in California than in Canada.

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grecy1y ago

and every year 650,000 people are pushed to bankruptcy from medical bills. [1] and 80% of those people had medical insurance!

buzzertOP1y ago

And yet, despite that, most people seem to agree that it beats living in Canada[0], especially on Hacker News it seems.

grecy1y ago

> most people seem to agree

126,340 Canadians moved to the US out of a population of 38.93 million

0.32% hardly seems like "most people"

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grecy1y ago

and every year 650,000 people are pushed to bankruptcy from medical bills. [1] and 80% of those people had medical insurance!

buzzertOP1y ago

And yet, despite that, most people seem to agree that it beats living in Canada[0], especially on Hacker News it seems.

grecy1y ago

> most people seem to agree

126,340 Canadians moved to the US out of a population of 38.93 million

0.32% hardly seems like "most people"

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