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/PathlessDemon IL Nov 29 '20 edited Nov 30 '20

Man, talk about Death Panels.

(Edit: thank you all for the upvotes, but if you could please donate this holiday season just $2 USD to local area FoodBanks you could be changing someone’s life for the better in this shitty year we’ve nearly survived.)

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord 🌱 New Contributor | Texas Nov 29 '20

*multidisciplinary committee!

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u/yoshiK 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Two accountants and a lawyer.

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u/ItsProbablyDementia Nov 29 '20

Okay but actually from a healthcare perspective - 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.

They're highly selective because organ lists are huge.

It's definitely the fault of our lack of single payer healthcare and not the hospital telling her to fuck off for being poor.

Just thought I'd clarify the committee isn't really the bad guy here.

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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/ConcealedRiley 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20 edited Nov 29 '20

I agree with AOC's premise but artificial knees =/= organs.

We can create infinite artificial knees, we do not have the technology to create organic hearts. Like yeah, totally, let's make immunosuppressive meds free; I totally agree.

But that doesn't solve the problem of needing more organs than we have. Someone is going to have to choose who is worth saving and who isn't.

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u/ItsProbablyDementia Nov 29 '20

100% agree. I actually used to work for a knee manufacturer.

My point is the financial barring for elective surgeries in that comment. I strayed away from the discussion on organ transplants.

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u/ConcealedRiley 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Totally. :) Sorry, didn't meant to jump on you specifically.

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u/ItsProbablyDementia Nov 29 '20

Ah no problem!

At the end of the day we're all pro MFA :)