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I know. My mother was an immigrant to the US. I've also seen family members go broke and commit suicide after being unable to afford medical care that would oth

I know. My mother was an immigrant to the US. I've also seen family members go broke and commit suicide after being unable to afford medical care that would otherwise would have been provided to them in more humane countries. Apologies if this colors my view of America's "humanity."

yostrovs 6y ago
It's always about health insurance. It's the one defining characteristic of nations. The narrow mindedness is incredible.
- claudeganon 6y ago
  I'm not sure what you're talking about, but watching someone who worked very hard their whole entire lives be blamed for their misfortune, humiliated, and denied access to treatment by the American system of benefits (not just healthcare, this included disability and other services) doesn't result in narrow-mindedness. It results in an accurate appraisal of what is happening to poor people in this country every day. You can find plenty of news stories, just post-pandemic, about people treated similarly by unemployment benefits systems that were designed to be punitive instead of helping people in need. If those realities are uncomfortable for you and you want to dismiss them, that's perfectly fine, but these stories are out there in plain sight, across the US, for you to observe.
- FeepingCreature 6y ago
  Health is kind of important.
- joelbluminator 6y ago
  Totally, I mean who cares about health right?
- jason0597 6y ago
  It's not narrow mindedness. The healthcare system in the US can destroy you financially in a couple of years (or even months!), even if you do all the right things and work a job with a good salary, save, etc. All for what? For being unlucky and contracting cancer? For having a chronic disease that needs daily medication? Is that what sick people deserve, to have all their finances wiped away? This here is a very famous comment on Reddit that perfectly encapsulates what's wrong with the healthcare system in America: https://old.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/hj6t3t/nothing_new_under_the_sky/fwl8aom/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/hj6t3t/not...

yostrovs 6y ago

It's always about health insurance. It's the one defining characteristic of nations. The narrow mindedness is incredible.

claudeganon 6y ago
I'm not sure what you're talking about, but watching someone who worked very hard their whole entire lives be blamed for their misfortune, humiliated, and denied access to treatment by the American system of benefits (not just healthcare, this included disability and other services) doesn't result in narrow-mindedness. It results in an accurate appraisal of what is happening to poor people in this country every day. You can find plenty of news stories, just post-pandemic, about people treated similarly by unemployment benefits systems that were designed to be punitive instead of helping people in need. If those realities are uncomfortable for you and you want to dismiss them, that's perfectly fine, but these stories are out there in plain sight, across the US, for you to observe.
FeepingCreature 6y ago
Health is kind of important.
joelbluminator 6y ago
Totally, I mean who cares about health right?
jason0597 6y ago
It's not narrow mindedness. The healthcare system in the US can destroy you financially in a couple of years (or even months!), even if you do all the right things and work a job with a good salary, save, etc. All for what? For being unlucky and contracting cancer? For having a chronic disease that needs daily medication? Is that what sick people deserve, to have all their finances wiped away? This here is a very famous comment on Reddit that perfectly encapsulates what's wrong with the healthcare system in America: https://old.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/hj6t3t/nothing_new_under_the_sky/fwl8aom/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/hj6t3t/not...