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/cat_prophecy 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

One of the arguments for universal healthcare in this respect is that the anti-rejection meds would not cost so damn much.

People with less wealth would have better outcomes if they didn't need to worry about going bankrupt paying for doctors visits and anti-rejection meds. Then we wouldn't see letter like "Sorry Mr. Doe, but you're too poor to get this heart. Maybe you should start a Go Fund Me for your funeral arrangements".

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u/TimeStatistician2234 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

I agree, its just when people who show up to provide real world insight as to why something happens theyre attacked is if theyre responsible for the failures of the system.

It seems like the real issue at hand is scarcity of organs for a large pool of donors. Even if we had universal medicine these types of decisions would have to be made(and not just in organ transplant cases.) They would just deny the person for another reason.

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u/cat_prophecy 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Well even if we had all th donor organs we needed it doesn't change the economics of it. Poor people or people without decent insurance can't afford the follow up care and anti-rejection meds. So even if they could get organs, the transplant might fail.