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Well, there are a bit north of 1.2M Americans who die of heart disease or cancer every year. That's deaths. With a functioning, advanced health care system. T
by ethbro 7y ago
Well, there are a bit north of 1.2M Americans who die of heart disease or cancer every year.
That's deaths. With a functioning, advanced health care system.
Those numbers don't get better without that.
- logicchains 7y agoIn America at least, the functioning, advanced health care system is a barely accessible to people who are unemployed, and the government doesn't look like it's going to do anything to change that soon.
- ethbro 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_...
- logicchains 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt#United_States "Studies have found people are most likely to accumulate large medical debts when they do not have health insurance to cover the costs of necessary medications, treatments, or procedures" In most cases, no job = no health insurance
- ethbro 7y agoYou mentioned accessibility, which is guaranteed. If you want to talk about insurance and affordability: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affor... That's what the entire marketplace concept was about. Admittedly, there are issues, but it's an improvement and something we can go farther with.