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What is the point of the US having the worlds largest GDP when even basic health and education is denied or difficult for large groups of its citizens?
by mbrodersen 7y ago
What is the point of the US having the worlds largest GDP when even basic health and education is denied or difficult for large groups of its citizens?
- wincy 7y agoI mean it seems bad on paper but my uncle just recently got cancer and despite having no money is now cured. He ended up on disability, but he received prompt treatment. It just sort of works out. My daughter was born when I was unemployed and this actually ended up being better for us, as the private insurance would have had a copay but instead Medicaid applied retroactively and then covered her 8 month NICU stay. Thank you, taxpayers, for supporting my daughters $300,000 a month hospital stay. Maybe some people’s lives get ruined by medical debt but I’ve never met them. People just don’t pay and even mortgage companies just sort of shrug and barely care when you’re getting a loan.
- dsign 7y agoDo you realize how many complicated terms are in your first paragraph? Assuming that everybody can figure out how all those mechanisms work, which is a big stretch, it is terribly stressing to have a medical need of any sort. And I know that because I have family there. Compare it with the single-payer system where I live: it works really well, and I don't need to add financial stress to any doctor visit.