Choom, you gotta remember any Edgerunner know they're gonna flatline young.

Most people get chipped to perform their job, which is basically to barely survive a corpo life. Some have chrome for medical reasons. Most people don't wanna be a chrome jock anyway, with cyberpsychosis and all.

Also, ripperdocs are the closest thing to medical attention proles can afford. And I suspect with the jack they make they can afford actual medical care.