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A lot of people didn't like ACA because we would have preferred single payer. Many others felt we would just be sending much more money to the for profit insura
by runamok 12y ago
A lot of people didn't like ACA because we would have preferred single payer. Many others felt we would just be sending much more money to the for profit insurance companies who were already treating us horribly and making record profits.
We also have heard many stories of people having to wait months if not years for non-emergency treatment. Such as getting an MRI for an injured knee in Canada for instance. As a very healthy avid runner it would be very frustrating to not be able to pay for something critical to me like that (once again I am not saying this is always or mostly the case but it is a scenario I have heard about). I suppose our imaginations extrapolate if health care is more or less free for all then our level of care will be much worse. I am not really sure.
If it was up to me, I'd kill all insurance companies with fire, have us all pay into a pot for medicare and just use that.
- Chinjut 12y agoThis business about having to wait months for treatment is always an odd objection to me. Here in the U.S., under our existing system, I have many times had to wait months to see a specialist or begin a particular course of (non-emergency) medical treatment. It's hardly as though our current system somehow gets rid of the problem of waiting for appointments.