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I work adjacent to the industry and can clearly see what a rotten pile of crap it is - I'm also actually a US/Canadian border straddler, I emigrated from the US

by munk-a 7y ago

I work adjacent to the industry and can clearly see what a rotten pile of crap it is - I'm also actually a US/Canadian border straddler, I emigrated from the US to come up here in fact. Please don't take any of my statement above as any sort of excuse for the market's behavior, these companies hold profit over the well being of patients - otherwise they wouldn't be so willing to stick poor people with such high bills. But, it is a private market and what's happening is all that can be expected. Again, the US really needs to look at Medicare for All - partially just because it'd end up providing better care for less money. Canada's system isn't perfect, I supported the NDP in their push for national Dental and Pharma, and I'll continue to do so, but it's worlds better than the US.

lostgame 7y ago
I literally knew you must’ve been part of the industry. You might want to think your word ‘unavoidable’. It caused me so much rage I literally couldn’t make it through the rest of your post until after I made mine. I completely inteperet your post as an excuse - the word unavoidable alone gives that away. Canada’s system isn’t perfect - but it also isn’t literally raping the lower class on purpose. Just look up Martin Shkreli if you need to be educated. I have nothing but passionate hatred for the way the US enslaves it’s lower class through this. It’s utterly, incomprehensibly pathetic and lower than human.
- kyleee 7y ago
  You are not parsing the original post you replied to very well, you should read it a few times more and ask questions to the person who wrote it instead of going off the rails with hasty conclusions
- munk-a 7y ago
  "Unavoidable" was probably a poor word choice, "Unintended" would likely have been better. That all said, the system is broken, the reasons it is broken are pretty clear to me sitting where I am and I think the comment above lays out just why this system is terrible in a clear and relatively neutral tone which I consider to be the most productive manner in which to highlight just how terrible the system is and open up a discussion on how these issues effect us and might be addressed.
  - kyleee 7y ago
    No reason to change your wording on account of someone who has clearly not read your post closely. As you've noted the intention of the parties involved is to extract as much money as possible from payors, thus the word "unintended" is clearly a poor fit.

by munk-a 7y ago

lostgame 7y ago

I literally knew you must’ve been part of the industry. You might want to think your word ‘unavoidable’. It caused me so much rage I literally couldn’t make it through the rest of your post until after I made mine. I completely inteperet your post as an excuse - the word unavoidable alone gives that away. Canada’s system isn’t perfect - but it also isn’t literally raping the lower class on purpose. Just look up Martin Shkreli if you need to be educated. I have nothing but passionate hatred for the way the US enslaves it’s lower class through this. It’s utterly, incomprehensibly pathetic and lower than human.

kyleee 7y ago
You are not parsing the original post you replied to very well, you should read it a few times more and ask questions to the person who wrote it instead of going off the rails with hasty conclusions
munk-a 7y ago
"Unavoidable" was probably a poor word choice, "Unintended" would likely have been better. That all said, the system is broken, the reasons it is broken are pretty clear to me sitting where I am and I think the comment above lays out just why this system is terrible in a clear and relatively neutral tone which I consider to be the most productive manner in which to highlight just how terrible the system is and open up a discussion on how these issues effect us and might be addressed.
- kyleee 7y ago
  No reason to change your wording on account of someone who has clearly not read your post closely. As you've noted the intention of the parties involved is to extract as much money as possible from payors, thus the word "unintended" is clearly a poor fit.