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> For all that is wrong with the US system it at least have access to almost any possible treatment in existence. Oh, not at all. The dialog goes like this:
by jellicle 10y ago
> For all that is wrong with the US system it at least have access to almost any possible treatment in existence.
Oh, not at all. The dialog goes like this:
A: I'd like a treatment, but I can't pay for it.
Hospital: Go away.
Most people in the U.S. have no access to care costing more than a few hundred dollars, because that's how much money they have.
- ThomPete 10y agoAgain I am not saying that the current system is good just that you can get access to that kind of treatment if you can afford being on the right healthcare plan. In a single payer system like the Danish you don't even have the potentially.
- infinite8s 10y agoThat's only correct for elective treatments. Have something life-threatening? Go to the ER and you will be treated. And then everyone else will pay for it indirectly through increased costs.
- jellicle 10y agoThe vast majority of life-threatening conditions aren't required to be treated at any ER, and won't be, unless you can pay.