To be fair, someone making $25,000 a year will have almost as much trouble paying out of pocket for an MRI as someone making $15,000. But the former won't quali

To be fair, someone making $25,000 a year will have almost as much trouble paying out of pocket for an MRI as someone making $15,000. But the former won't qualify for Medicaid and the heavily-discounted health insurance won't do much to help with their first $10,000 of medical debt. Good but worthless advice to the majority living without any savings: don't get sick and don't get injured. Can anyone blame them if they avoid expensive testing? Medicaid is a great bandage, but the US needs a better system.