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        I don’t think so, or at least is state dependent, I definitely had medical debt and it was definitely discharged along with all the other debt I had

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          Yeah medical debt is dischargable, our lawyer asked if we had any surgeries we had been putting off that we might want to get done before we filed.

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              If buying isnt owning, piracy isnt stealing.

              Yes, but its fraud in a system designed at every level to defraud you, so fuck um. Get healthy in any way you can because the system itself sure won’t help you.

              They screw you, you screw them is the American way, so bravo for the lawyer for being honest about the game.

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            It is all fun and games until the repo man comes to rip those knee replacements out.

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        In my country that isn’t a thing. Everybody has to have private insurance and if they can’t afford it, the State subsidizes it.

        And if somehow you get something done that isn’t covered by the insurance, they can’t pursue you for that debt and it doesn’t show up when doing things like getting a lease.

        It’s not perfect (insurance costs a ton and keeps rising) but at least it’s not some dystopian nightmare where people can’t afford to get care in one of the World’s top economies.

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          I’m sorry is this an I-love-getting-fucked-in-the-ass thing that I’m too Scottish to understand?

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            Yes.

            See, Americans dont have an England to fuck over its citizens, so we have to do it all by ourselves.

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            I’m sorry is this an I-love-getting-fucked-in-the-ass thing that I’m not USA enough to understand?

            FiFY, now the entire world can use it

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                Whilst it would be lovely if us Englishmen didn’t have student loans, they could be a whole lot worse. We only pay them once we earn over a certain threshold, and they’ll disappear after 30 years. Plus our unis are funded in large part by international students (which has its own issues), so Brits’ course fees are slightly subsidised.

                Not good, but hey at least it’s not the US(!)