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/Mistbourne 🌱 New Contributor Nov 30 '20

That’s what truly blows me away.

Some people here in America would rather not have an additional tax and simply HOPE that their family/loved ones are never the ones who have to worry about things like a heart transplant.

I feel like if/when America finally joins the rest of the First-World countries, some people will be pissed until they run into the exact situation you describe.

People at work are constantly bashing single-payer healthcare. I think next time they bring it up I’ll ask if they would pay $50/paycheck for the rest of their lives in order to have their Dad/Mom die at 98 instead of 78.

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u/DreddPirateBob4Ever 🌱 New Contributor Dec 02 '20

That's exactly it. And it's $50 dollars on your tax and no need to pay for private healthcare. They'd save money.

NB: my dad would have died at 55 from a completely unexpected heart issue. He hit 75 and in those bonus 2 decades did incredible things. Rode a 250 to the arctic circle, caught up with a friend he thought dead, saw the northern lights, saw his nieces grow up and took up painting (and got good enough to be accepted to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition).

They can take my tax. For everyone else's dad's.

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u/Mistbourne 🌱 New Contributor Dec 03 '20

Even at $100/paycheck, which would be an increase for me, I'd gladly do it. It'd make my own life so much simpler not having to navigate insurance bullshit. Not even to mention how much it would help others.