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My father's best friend (a friendship of over 60 years). Got 3 brain tumors... They all were removed with brain surgery. And he lived for another 3 years with g
by elviejo 13y ago
My father's best friend (a friendship of over 60 years).
Got 3 brain tumors... They all were removed with brain surgery.
And he lived for another 3 years with good quality of life.
Thanks to the biweekly physical therapy he had.
Then he passed away.
His kids didn't lose their house. His kids didn't lose their opportunity to go to college.
Not to too bad for pretty small city in the middle of nowhere in Mexico.
I wonder how one of the richest nations on earth, with the biggest army, can't provide for the healthcare of its citizens when much poorer nations (mexico, uruguay, etc.)
can.
A matter of priorities I guess...
- adventured 13y agoTo answer your rhetorical question, America is coming from being a hyper free market system, in which both culturally and legally people were expected to fend for themselves. This approach was extremely ingrained into American life for 200 years. Culturally the attitude was all-pervasive, and it was regarded as something that made Americans distinctive: self-reliance. Given America is by far the world's largest economy, and possesses a fairly complex sociocultural system (significant diversity in most every respect, many competing large interests), I'm not sure why anybody would think transitioning to a soft-Socialism or "modern welfare state" model would be fast or easy.