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Sometimes I read stories about American healthcare and feel utterly sick
- creamyhorror 14y agoAnd here's the follow-up, posted by his widow a week ago: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002632763 http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002632763 It looks like this guy was a long-time member of that site, so I'm somewhat inclined to believe the story. But even if it were not real, I've read enough about what goes on in the US to know it's a very possible scenario that plays out all the time. Plainly barbaric, to many of us in other countries.
- creamyhorror 14y agoWhen I read such stories I'm inclined to wonder if such a mess could ever be fixed by (idealistic) entrepreneurs, even in part. It doesn't seem like a problem startups can directly address; it seems almost purely a political problem. I can only hope people with brighter imaginations and keener minds than me will turn their attention to this problem. Good luck America, I hope you beat this one.
- Mz 14y agoI am a pretty bitter idealist who is currently homeless and trying to declare bankruptcy. I have an incurable genetic disorder, as does my 24 year old son. We figured out how to get well. I would love to offer alternatives but damn few people care or are interested. I also worked for an insurance company for five years. So I have an insider's view of that aspect of it as well. I don't think our current system works. But it has inertia on its side.
- sp332 14y agoPeople dying of preventable disease in the USA every day because insurance companies decide they deserve to die. Dying sucks. But everyone dies, regardless of how much they deserve it. So he's claiming that someone "owes" him >$300k. Why? What claim does he have to $300k of other people's money?
- abhishiv 14y agoBecause many of us believe that universal health care is a human right. In a state which claims to be democratic and progressive it becomes the responsibility of the state.
- sp332 14y agoWhy? You might as well say that food is a human right, but feeding the population is not the responsibility of the state.
- astrodust 14y agoMaybe not your state, but many places have policies that reflect that people believe it is.
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- sp332 14y agoOutside of prisons, people generally spend their own money at privately-owned grocery stores and restaurants. We don't use a "universal food access" system paid for by tax dollars and negotiated by the government.