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You Americans have given some great things to humanity, but medical bankruptcy is not one them.
So sad. I'm surprised you don't here of more Americans emigrating elsewhere. It's rolling the dice every day. Stuff like this can happen to anyone.
as a non american, please help me to understand. how much does it cost to get yourself an (medical?)insurance?
There’s no straight answer to this. The average cost of a plan in the “exchanges” (a complicated nightmare created by Obamacare) for a plan is $462/month, but it can be dramatically higher or lower depending on the state you live in, your age, sex, race and overall health, among myriad other factors. This would be considered a basic plan, which doesn’t actually provide anything for you other than the ability to visit a doctor twice a year, some discounts on prescription medication, and partial coverage in the event of a tremendous medical disaster
Most of these plans are basically useless, and were only able to exist because Obamacare made it illegal not to buy one, if you were uninsured. The far right wing Supreme Court of America has ruled that the mandate to purchase these is illegal, and that ended in 2019, but the “exchanges” are still hobbling along with massive handouts from Congress to the insurance industry to keep them afloat