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There has been a massive disinformation campaign pushed on the American people saying “socialism medicine” would be much more expensive and you’d have to let gr

There has been a massive disinformation campaign pushed on the American people saying “socialism medicine” would be much more expensive and you’d have to let grandma die. That Canada hates their system and you have to wait for days to get seen. Any evidence to the contrary is met with “but my freedom”, idk how to fight back against this

Vaslo 5y ago
Just buy insurance if you are worried about it.
- RedShift1 5y ago
  Even those who have insurance end up paying a lot out of pocket and if the insurance provider decides to not pay the bill it gets chucked onto you and that can easily run in the 100000's of dollars.
FpUser 5y ago
>"That Canada hates their system and you have to wait for days to get seen." I would not call that I hate the whole Canadian system, but parts of it for sure. Especially the ones when they let you wait for months for some things. Some people died because of it. All because the guvvamint only allows for so many procedures per period allowed. The rest does not fit into budget. However you will find enough of deaths in the US that can be attributed to a lack of money as well. Depending on how one gets sick the may hate Canadian system or the one in the US.
rayiner 5y ago
What disinformation campaign? Elizabeth Warren’s proposed healthcare plan would cost $52 trillion over 10 years, with $20 trillion in new federal spending: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-releases-plan-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-releases-pl.... Warren estimates that $52 trillion is about what Americans would spend on healthcare over that time frame anyway. When the candidate “with a plan” estimates that single payer wouldn’t reduce costs, does it take a “massive disinformation campaign” to convince people that, by the time all is said and done, costs would go up significantly?
antiterra 5y ago
I do know people in Canada who have to wait days to be seen for certain things or who pay for supplemental healthcare plans to fill in the gaps. That doesn’t mean they’d rather be in our system, which seems to get more broken every day.

Vaslo 5y ago

Just buy insurance if you are worried about it.

RedShift1 5y ago
Even those who have insurance end up paying a lot out of pocket and if the insurance provider decides to not pay the bill it gets chucked onto you and that can easily run in the 100000's of dollars.

FpUser 5y ago

>"That Canada hates their system and you have to wait for days to get seen." I would not call that I hate the whole Canadian system, but parts of it for sure. Especially the ones when they let you wait for months for some things. Some people died because of it. All because the guvvamint only allows for so many procedures per period allowed. The rest does not fit into budget. However you will find enough of deaths in the US that can be attributed to a lack of money as well. Depending on how one gets sick the may hate Canadian system or the one in the US.

rayiner 5y ago

What disinformation campaign? Elizabeth Warren’s proposed healthcare plan would cost $52 trillion over 10 years, with $20 trillion in new federal spending: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-releases-plan-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-releases-pl.... Warren estimates that $52 trillion is about what Americans would spend on healthcare over that time frame anyway. When the candidate “with a plan” estimates that single payer wouldn’t reduce costs, does it take a “massive disinformation campaign” to convince people that, by the time all is said and done, costs would go up significantly?

antiterra 5y ago

I do know people in Canada who have to wait days to be seen for certain things or who pay for supplemental healthcare plans to fill in the gaps. That doesn’t mean they’d rather be in our system, which seems to get more broken every day.