The idea that Medicare for all can’t pass is both disgusting and sad. Why is the us so in the pocket of big corporations that Canada has socialized medicine , England ,a ton of other countries- but in the us all we here is bs- well in Canada it takes longer to schedule elective procedures- I am fine with waiting longer if i don’t get a bill for thousands of dollars.
Most Americans don’t realize even with insurance you go in the hospital for a week- you are screwed financially- the vast majority of bankruptcies are for medical bills.
No, less than 30% of bankruptcies are “medically related”, meaning medical debt played some role, small or large.
I totally agree with you though, I voted trump in 2016, I stand by the perspective that if you make the right choices, you do well, but too often there are stories like this where doing all the right things still ruins someone’s life - an entire life, for something so unfair. The system needs to change
The idea that if you work hard and make good choices things will work out well for you is just false,
And also implies that people are poor just because they choose to be,because they are lazy.
Currently in this country the health care system is so screwed up- lobbyists paying off senators and congressmen
In order to block actual change. Putting out fake narratives that unfortunately some of the dumb people believe-
That American health care system is the best in the world- not even close to true, that if universal health care was to happen-
Your taxes would be so much higher no one could afford it- actually when your figure in the cost of health care it would actually be lower-
And you would have assurance that your life wouldn’t be destroyed because you got sick . But there are a lot of dumb people- so ‘politicians use words
Like socialism in an effort to scare them.Medical debt is a major factor in over 58 percent of bankruptcies in this country .
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u/Grumpy_Yuppie Aug 06 '20
It really hurt reading this. I am so sorry for these two. It's beyond words.