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Well, that's the downside of publicly funded healthcare: government pays for your treatment, so government gets to decide if you are worth the expense. Which of
by Detrytus 3y ago
Well, that's the downside of publicly funded healthcare: government pays for your treatment, so government gets to decide if you are worth the expense. Which of course is completely fucked up.
- BitPirate 3y agoAnd with privately funded healthcare, there may be no treatment at all. That's even more fucked up.
- Detrytus 3y agoWell, there's always a treatment if you have money to pay for it. And if you don't you still have options like various charities, crowdfunding, etc. That's still a better scenario than the court ruling that the best thing for you is to die.
- jabradoodle 3y agoWell then they have that option in addition to state healthcare, so what on earth are you talking about?
- EdwardDiego 3y agoGoFundMe as a form of accessing healthcare isn't great.
- tengwar2 3y agoPrivate healthcare is available in the UK (or in this case in Canada). It appears that she is being actively prevented from using it.
- SenAnder 3y agoBut that's not what's happening - they're not saying "we can't afford to keep her alive" - they're saying "she's incapable of making her own medical decisions because she's not listening to her doctor's advice (which is to die)".
- kmlx 3y agothat person can still go private. no one will deny her that right. but state funded healthcare makes sure even the poorest get some form of care. and yes, they will triage.