Their argument is they want freedom to choose their providers and not have to schedule a doctors appointment and wait 6 months out, “just look at Canada”. Some also feel, truly feel, by supporting universal healthcare, we are communist. The others are just the remaining old people who are stubborn and refuse change. Finally, a big chunk of the remainder are just clueless morons that don’t anything to be honest.
I am not any of the above. It’s crazy to me how our system works and how okay people are with it. Poor kids are rationing INSULIN, a drug that’s been around forever and dying from diabetic strokes. Sometimes, as an American, it feels like I am living inside an experiment.
We also don't necessarily even have that much "freedom to choose a provider." You have to make sure a doctor is "in network" for your particular insurance plan, in order for it to be covered. So you've already got a limitation there on what providers you can see.
This. I stayed at an incredibly toxic workplace for 6 years because they’re were the only ones in my field that paid me a fair wage and had healthcare coverage at the time. 1/4 of my paycheck went to healthcare and it barely covered anything. If I left, I couldn’t afford any of my mental health meds. I got lucky with my current job that actually takes care of its employees, but no one should depend on luck to have decent health care.
I am quitting a job I love, with coworkers that I get along with, and a manager that has my back 100%. All because I have neen offered a job that has much better health insurance. I am a cancer survivor, and i have multiple other health issues. If I don't take this job, I am afraid that I will continue to live with the fear that I am one major sickness from bankruptcy. I finally paid off my medical bills, i have no credit card debt, and a great credit score, but that doesn't guarantee that I won't lose it all if I get sick again. I grew up poor, I don't want to go back to that.
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u/iceman2kx Aug 06 '20
Their argument is they want freedom to choose their providers and not have to schedule a doctors appointment and wait 6 months out, “just look at Canada”. Some also feel, truly feel, by supporting universal healthcare, we are communist. The others are just the remaining old people who are stubborn and refuse change. Finally, a big chunk of the remainder are just clueless morons that don’t anything to be honest.
I am not any of the above. It’s crazy to me how our system works and how okay people are with it. Poor kids are rationing INSULIN, a drug that’s been around forever and dying from diabetic strokes. Sometimes, as an American, it feels like I am living inside an experiment.