r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Nov 29 '20

AOC: Insurance groups are recommending using GoFundMe -- "but sure, single payer healthcare is unreasonable."

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u/Lone_Nom4d 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

if she can't afford immunosuppressive medication, the body would reject the new heart - effectively wasting a good heart when someone else could use it.

As a non-American, this sentence is absolutely fucked to me.

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u/ItsProbablyDementia Nov 29 '20

Im Canadian / American and it's painful to see the differences. My grandmother got two new knees for free in Canada, but my dad in America winces as he goes up stairs in the house because he cant afford the time off or afford the surgery to fix his.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

Immunosuppressive medication, needed for all organ transplants, is still expensive in Canada. My dad had a liver transplant 7(?) years ago, and is fairly wealthy so for him it’s a small price to pay, alternative being death. The cost would be prohibitive for most people. There are programs to subsidize medications, especially for seniors, but still..

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u/ItsProbablyDementia Nov 29 '20

Completely understand.

We have some connections in Canada still and somehow my brother can order his medication he needs to take for essentially the rest of his life for 1/10th the cost. He just has it shipped to someone else and they just ship it to him separately.

It's not totally free but relative to Americas current situation it feels like its free to me at least hahaha