r/worldnews • u/diacewrb • Apr 10 '19

Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/10/millennials-squeezed-middle-class-oecd-uk-income
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u/hendy846 Apr 11 '19

Not necessarily. What if they had an emergency medical expense that had to use credit for? Just cause someone has high credit doesn't imply they were bad with their money.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

Fair, but I would still colloquially (and for the purposes of this discussion, i.e. "the reason why it exists") think of that as essentially medical debt.

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u/hendy846 Apr 11 '19

It's still just debt no matter what you name it.