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You get fine healthcare for free when you are old in the US. You just gotta be broke first. So it's a fine line to work....
by brianwawok 10y ago
You get fine healthcare for free when you are old in the US. You just gotta be broke first. So it's a fine line to work....
- justin66 10y agoAnyone who wants to test this assertion - that "fine healthcare" equal to what a wealthy retiree gets is available to all - should go to a nursing home that offers care for normal and purely medicare-supported patients. You don't have to study the situation really closely to get what I'm driving at. The patients will generally stay in separate areas. Just walk around and use your sense of smell.
- brianwawok 9y agoOr if you want actual truth, interview people at said missing home. Person A was rich, her 500k in savings was all spent to provide her care at a rate of 5k per month until it is gone. Person B had 100k to her name. She paid the nursing home 5k per month until it was gone. Then care is free until the money runs out. Person C had 0 money. They paid $0 from day 1. All three got the same medical care. All three got the same food. Maybe person A spring for a private room vs a shared room... But otherwise all would be the same. Nursing homes in general aren't great. Hopefully you can stay out of them. Eating well and exercising seem to help. If not, money won't do much.
- justin66 9y agoYou do not know what you are talking about at all. > Person B had 100k to her name. She paid the nursing home 5k per month until it was gone. Then care is free until the money runs out. > All three got the same medical care. All three got the same food. Maybe person A spring for a private room vs a shared room... But otherwise all would be the same. Person b experienced a lower standard of care once the money ran out. (I'm sure this isn't universally true, but in my experience it is. It's a free market...)