Do you remember when everyone was fighting about the Affordable Care Act when President Trump first entered office? When leftists were saying we should have government funded healthcare for everyone because it was unethical for companies to profit from illness and that everyone should have accessible healthcare?
I'm curious on which side you landed on that argument. Because conservatives were saying that healthcare IS accessible to everyone (similar to how you're saying insulin should be accessible to everyone).
It's just odd to me to see the same arguments sociaists were using to argue for government funded healthcare being argued here.
At the time I was covered under my parents' insurance, and since, I've had great insurance through my profession.
But the ACA was terrible even for those who believe in a public option.
Idk where I stand on that. I have friends in Spain who had multiple chemo sessions and have not paid other than through taxes.
My grandfather in Spain has had open heart surgery and multiple other treatments without paying on the spot.
Then again, treatments are rationed and wait times can be long for non ER procedures.
Medicare is a nightmare and would not scale up to 100% of US population, as it stands it's a huge expense to gov budget and serves something like 15% of the population.
Illegals cost us a fortune as they don't have SS# and use the ERs en masses.
US Hospitals charge $50 for a generic Tylenol and pass it to the insurance changes who raise premiums and pass it on to us.
In the US, I had a friend with no insurance have to pay 35,000 for a half hour surgery when he broke his elbow. Another friend pay 2600 for 6 stitches on his finger.
Ultimately, I don't want government bureaucrats to call the shots in Healthcare. But as it stands in the US, the shot callers are the administrators, AMA, NIH, CDC so gov still calls shots and policies (look no further than. Remdesivir and ventilator treatment for US hospitals, banning IVM and HCQ, setting policy to make people wait until they can't breathe to get treatment vs early treatment.
So I don't support Obama care, but I don't support whatever it is we have now.
Do you remember when everyone was fighting about the Affordable Care Act when President Trump first entered office? When leftists were saying we should have government funded healthcare for everyone because it was unethical for companies to profit from illness and that everyone should have accessible healthcare?
I'm curious on which side you landed on that argument. Because conservatives were saying that healthcare IS accessible to everyone (similar to how you're saying insulin should be accessible to everyone).
It's just odd to me to see the same arguments sociaists were using to argue for government funded healthcare being argued here.
At the time I was covered under my parents' insurance, and since, I've had great insurance through my profession.
But the ACA was terrible even for those who believe in a public option.
Idk where I stand on that. I have friends in Spain who had multiple chemo sessions and have not paid other than through taxes.
My grandfather in Spain has had open heart surgery and multiple other treatments without paying on the spot.
Then again, treatments are rationed and wait times can be long for non ER procedures.
Medicare is a nightmare and would not scale up to 100% of US population, as it stands it's a huge expense to gov budget and serves something like 15% of the population.
Illegals cost us a fortune as they don't have SS# and use the ERs en masses.
US Hospitals charge $50 for a generic Tylenol and pass it to the insurance changes who raise premiums and pass it on to us.
In the US, I had a friend with no insurance have to pay 35,000 for a half hour surgery when he broke his elbow. Another friend pay 2600 for 6 stitches on his finger.
Ultimately, I don't want government bureaucrats to call the shots in Healthcare. But as it stands in the US, the shot callers are the administrators, AMA, NIH, CDC so gov still calls shots and policies (look no further than. Remdesivir and ventilator treatment for US hospitals, banning IVM and HCQ, setting policy to make people wait until they can't breathe to get treatment vs early treatment.
So I don't support Obama care, but I don't support whatever it is we have now.