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Comment by hnbad

1 year ago

> Someone could literally get a heart attack from getting $100,000 bill - this amount of debt can literally ruin someone financially.

Not a heart attack but there has literally been at least one suicide over an unexpected life-ruining bill like that:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-y...

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