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the issue i have with this argument, is that it makes healthcare for those who are not in a privileged non existant. (with the boatload of social issues that co

the issue i have with this argument, is that it makes healthcare for those who are not in a privileged non existant. (with the boatload of social issues that come with it). Sure, you might get proper and very good healthcare, but what about those around you in your community?

twic 5y ago
As an argument in favour of privatised healthcare, this is valid, but in the context of Europeans moving to the US, it doesn't seem relevant. The US is not going to reform its healthcare just because a few Germans don't immigrate.
doktorhladnjak 5y ago
It's not an argument. It's just the reality of health insurance in the US at this time.
adventured 5y ago
That's not true in the US. The very non-privileged get moderately ok, free healthcare via Medicaid (along with numerous other programs for poorer people, including coverage for children, SS disability and so on). That covers the poorest/worst off quarter of the US population approximately. It's the working poor and middle class that really get screwed with the US system. The well-off pay taxes to cover the free healthcare system that the US has. The working poor and middle class often can't afford the healthcare system, are more frequently at risk while unemployed, and their employers are less likely to provide good coverage as a benefit.
- thorin 5y ago
  I'd like to understand this better. If I was a software engineer for 20 years and had cover and savings etc then was between jobs for a few months for whatever reason and got into a car crash how would that work. Would I get medicare/aid? Are all people students / unemployed expected to be paying monthly premiums to get any kind of cover? I have had healthcare in the US for a serious accident, but I had travel insurance (UK based) which likely saved me 100,000s of dollars. Fortunately they paid up without question. I'm not sure how that would have worked if I was just some regular student from the US travelling around, would I be bankrupted for life or hoping for crowdfunding? Sounds like if you have an accident in the US you need to be rich or popular (or maybe really poor).

twic 5y ago

As an argument in favour of privatised healthcare, this is valid, but in the context of Europeans moving to the US, it doesn't seem relevant. The US is not going to reform its healthcare just because a few Germans don't immigrate.

doktorhladnjak 5y ago

It's not an argument. It's just the reality of health insurance in the US at this time.

adventured 5y ago

That's not true in the US. The very non-privileged get moderately ok, free healthcare via Medicaid (along with numerous other programs for poorer people, including coverage for children, SS disability and so on). That covers the poorest/worst off quarter of the US population approximately. It's the working poor and middle class that really get screwed with the US system. The well-off pay taxes to cover the free healthcare system that the US has. The working poor and middle class often can't afford the healthcare system, are more frequently at risk while unemployed, and their employers are less likely to provide good coverage as a benefit.

thorin 5y ago
I'd like to understand this better. If I was a software engineer for 20 years and had cover and savings etc then was between jobs for a few months for whatever reason and got into a car crash how would that work. Would I get medicare/aid? Are all people students / unemployed expected to be paying monthly premiums to get any kind of cover? I have had healthcare in the US for a serious accident, but I had travel insurance (UK based) which likely saved me 100,000s of dollars. Fortunately they paid up without question. I'm not sure how that would have worked if I was just some regular student from the US travelling around, would I be bankrupted for life or hoping for crowdfunding? Sounds like if you have an accident in the US you need to be rich or popular (or maybe really poor).