Originally Posted by
christ0ph
The hospital bills- and the possibility that they could run into the tens of thousands of dollars, even for children, is a serious issue. Many people's deductibles mean that they have to pay everything up to some threshold. It can be very high. How will people both pay rent, and pay those bills?
Most homeless people end up homeless because some health-related thing like that throws them into a very difficult situation.
Breaking a leg in the UK isn't going to put the family on the streets. Different health system than the US.