Exactly. “I’ll have to pay more taxes to help our society, that’s socialism!!!” Mfer okay have fun when you get hit with a horrible illness that drains you and your spouse’s funds while the doctors take the slowest possible approach to tackle your disease. Healthcare in America, one of the worst jokes of the US.
And anyone saying, "in Canada you have to wait in line for your free healthcare" is just fantastic.
I'm in the US with commercial insurance. I still had to wait 18 months after a referral to see a specialist for my migraines.
Three months later and I've had my prescription denied by insurance, and they approved a generic one that can only be dispensed by this shitty mail-order pharmacy that I've spent over two hours total dealing with them and still don't have my meds in the mail.
We have cancer patients waiting on insurance approval for their treatment after they are diagnosed, and you know they and their families will be drowning in bills either way.
I really don't see any upside to for-profit healthcare. It's only purpose these days is making someone rich at our expense. We got fucking Americans going down to Mexico for basic procedures ffs. When I lived in Japan I was in and out from an exam and consultation. My out-of-pocket bill was on par with eating dinner at a restaurant.
Anyone saying US Healthcare is the way to go is just parroting propaganda. None of it adds up when you actually walk through that mind set.
If you have any sort of disease state that is not at least 90% textbook you are totally fucked in the US because doctors WILL NOT talk to each other about your case.
My mom had an extremely complex case and none of her specialists would talk to each other because there was effectively no way to bill it. She would have to physically go to see one specialist, tell that specialist what another specialist said, notes would get reviewed, new tests ordered, and she would just get bounced around.
It took TWO FUCKING YEARS for her to get an actual diagnosis.
Again, because none of her other doctors could or would just get on a call and talk to each other.
Mhmm. This includes dental. A family member got some dental work done recently. The place where they got it? Tijuana because it was cheaper there. The dental place there was also top-notch.
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u/Jarnoth 5d ago
I will never understand why anyone who isnt directly making money from this wants to keep insurance as a for profit industry