3 ms·

>It is just insane to me that you have a medical issue and you're calling around for quotes. You dont call around for quotes of $100+ services? Why?

• yodsanklai 8y ago
  Because you should be able to show up, get your treatment and go home without paying a dime, like in most developed countries.
  • robertAngst 8y ago
    That sounds unsustainable and bad capitalism. Free services mean a few people will overuse and abuse.
    • Latteland 8y ago
      So you are saying poor people should just die I guess. Them and their kids.
    • cmyr 8y ago
      Indeed, ever since I realized I could get medical care without paying for it I've been going out and getting cancer a couple times a week.
    • monotone666 8y ago
      Eventually seeking out excessive medical care will be considered a mental illness and it’s practioners hospitalized
      • xkcd-sucks 8y ago
        "Drug seeking behavior" extended to antibiotics and chemotherapy lol
    • ionised 8y ago
      > That sounds unsustainable It is perfectly sustainable if you have a population that isn't ideologically opposed to taxes. You can fix that with education. > and bad capitalism. Good capitalism or bad capitalism, who cares? This sounds like a pointless ideological concern, again. > Free services mean a few people will overuse and abuse. It seems spiteful to me to deny universal healthcare to the majority because a minority might abuse it.
    • woah 8y ago
      Countries with universal health care spend less on health care. It’s empirically proven to be cheaper.