The most frustrating thing about this is we're already paying for universal healthcare. You can't be denied care if you don't have the means to pay. We just som

The most frustrating thing about this is we're already paying for universal healthcare. You can't be denied care if you don't have the means to pay. We just somehow pay for it through the nose, and it's shitty beyond belief. My wife traveled to Russia earlier this year and did a couple of MRI scans while there (neck and shoulder). Total cost for both was $100. This is all out of pocket and without insurance coverage. Here it'd be $2K+ _each_, _with_ insurance, _excluding_ the subsequent doctor visit to analyze the results. How the fuck does this happen? How is this justifiable? I don't know. The machine is the same. The doctor is far less expensive, sure, but it's not like the doctor is needed for more than 10 minutes to view the results and produce a diagnosis. Whoever untangles this multi-trillion ball of bullshit will forever be remembered as one of the greatest leaders this country ever had.