Exactly! US healthcare is big business (for profit vs. for people). I was living as a legal resident in a country with universal healthcare. It opened my eyes to the lies we've been told. Universal healthcare is not scary and inadequate. It is 1st rate care w/no deductible, no co-pay, no ins denial.
Same I lived in the UK for 5 years and it was absolutely eye opening at the efficiency and safety net of their healthcare system. Is it perfect, no but it isn’t here either and getting care without having to worry about the end costs or deal with insurance was a huge weight lifted.
Our NHS UK in crisis due to deliberate underfunding by UK Government & privatisation.
Same thing in France. We used to have one of the most efficient systems, but successive governments have been gradually destroying the system in order to submit it for the benefit of their buddies.
It's the privatisation that's killing the program. I've watched countries deliver key social services to private companies only to be screwed worse than if the gov't had managed it. The lure of maximizing profits, lack of direct oversight, & criminal money-laundering makes gov't look benign.
Privatization of NHS is a betrayal of the UK people.
It's been 'underfunded' for decades yet the people who work there and the systematic processes I've witnessed first hand through my 92yo mother have been fantastic. So are you just giving a 'stock' headline or have some evidence?
It really depends on where you seek service. Urban? Great! Rural? God help you.
Does 2 decades of lived experience count? Not decrying NHS staff who have worked hard under difficult circumstances for many years.
Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2018. Treatment started this March - Just as Dickless Donald started cutting healthcare & research. 2 chemo drugs are >$26,000 a month WITH insurance my share PER MONTH:
$26,000 x 20% = $5,200 per month OUT OF MY POCKET. PLUS, I have to pay a $5,000 Annual Out-of-pocket FIRST before insurance pays a dime. Do the math. I'm lucky. I have insurance. Even more lucky, my oncologist was able to get me into a study. Otherwise, I would have ended my life.
Who in their right mind wants to lose EVERYTHING to a catastrophic illness or injury? Who wants to see their family surrender EVERYTHING to bankruptcy to cover medical costs?
When will humans learn to share & not be so damn greedy? Let's take care of the lives we have before we start killing more with shitty laws & more psychotic, anti-social behavior?? I too, have lived in countries with socialized medicine. Yes, there's a wait. But wanna know a secret???
Glad you're still here Pal. I hope you have a good support system. 💙✌️
I have one of the best private insurance plans, I live in metro Denver, and I STILL have to wait to see certain docs, my primary has an 8 month wait for new patients! I STILL have to go thru referrals. And I still pay $5000 every Jan before my insurance United HC pays a damn dime!
The problem with Universal Healthcare in America, is that everyone would get it. Maga has a problem with the everyone part. They don't believe POC, immigrants should've receive anything from the government.
The other part is they would still try to make it as lucrative for business as the current model. The US will never put the welfare of its citizens above its insatiable greed.
Abortion is why we’ll never get it.
While it might be true that patriarchal societies hate women the most, they also don't want other marginalized groups getting healthcare.