Indeed, it's a shame our US friends don't understand the benefits of a social health care system. While such systems are rarely perfect, your life usually doesn't depend on whether you can afford it or not. I much prefer knowing my out-of-pocket expenses are nearly always zero.
Indeed, it's a shame our US friends don't understand the benefits of a social health care system. While such systems are rarely perfect, your life usually doesn't depend on whether you can afford it or not. I much prefer knowing my out-of-pocket expenses are nearly always zero.
Tons of us do realize it, but Democracy is idiot rule so we can’t have it.
Critical/abstract thinking begins around 110 IQ. The average American is 98. 2/3rds are under this and learn by repetition and what they’
Yes, many of us understand that other, more socialist nations have plain better health care, for half the cost.
The reasons why the US does not have it are many, First, employers use healthcare as another hold over employees. Lose your job, and you and your whole family also lose healthcare. So you're not going to complain about bad working conditions, are you? Or join a union?!?
Second is bigotry, especially racism. Lot of white bigots don't want brown people to receive medical care, and will forgo it themselves to keep it from brown people. Classism is involved too. If they can price medicine so it is out of reach of the poor, but the middle class can afford it, so much the better. It's not a coincidence that the poor are disproportionately brown.
Finally, the myth persists that American healthcare is the best in the world. People don't want to wreck that, even though it's an illusion and a lie.
Pricing ? (Score:5, Insightful)
The problem is having to use the words "hospital" and "pricing" in the same sentence.
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Indeed, it's a shame our US friends don't understand the benefits of a social health care system. While such systems are rarely perfect, your life usually doesn't depend on whether you can afford it or not. I much prefer knowing my out-of-pocket expenses are nearly always zero.
Tons of us do realize it, but Democracy is idiot rule so we can’t have it.
Critical/abstract thinking begins around 110 IQ. The average American is 98. 2/3rds are under this and learn by repetition and what they’
Re:Pricing ? (Score:3)
Yes, many of us understand that other, more socialist nations have plain better health care, for half the cost.
The reasons why the US does not have it are many, First, employers use healthcare as another hold over employees. Lose your job, and you and your whole family also lose healthcare. So you're not going to complain about bad working conditions, are you? Or join a union?!?
Second is bigotry, especially racism. Lot of white bigots don't want brown people to receive medical care, and will forgo it themselves to keep it from brown people. Classism is involved too. If they can price medicine so it is out of reach of the poor, but the middle class can afford it, so much the better. It's not a coincidence that the poor are disproportionately brown.
Finally, the myth persists that American healthcare is the best in the world. People don't want to wreck that, even though it's an illusion and a lie.