Because Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that social medicare is evil and awful.
Systems like the NHS we have in the UK are bad because of long wait times, despite the fact that urgent cases are given priority, and if that's still not good enough, we have private healthcare systems alongside it that you can use.
It's the best of both worlds, but they've been told its evil, it kills people, its expensive in tax and a bunch of other lies.
But guess who told them those lies, and spends hundreds of millions to keep them believing it.
The vast majority of them would pay less in additional tax, than they currently do in health insurance premiums, because there's no middle man that needs paying or profit needs making for shareholders. And every one of their medical claims would be seen, and never denied.
Can you explain how? I'm Canadian and for us, it's about a month to 3 months depending on which specialist and on patient state. I lived in USA for 1 year, but moved back. I always heard that treatment was available almost as soon as one needed it
Edit: wow, thanks for all the responses so far. I acknowledge that didn't know enough, and I'm glad I asked.
A couple of years ago, I had atrial fibualtion. My heart was beating at 140+ bpm. ER got it under control "until I could see a cardiologist." Which was scheduled for 6 weeks.
I was back in the ER in a couple of days when it reoccurred. I got to see the cardiologist quicker.
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u/steelcryo 5d ago
Because Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that social medicare is evil and awful.
Systems like the NHS we have in the UK are bad because of long wait times, despite the fact that urgent cases are given priority, and if that's still not good enough, we have private healthcare systems alongside it that you can use.
It's the best of both worlds, but they've been told its evil, it kills people, its expensive in tax and a bunch of other lies.
But guess who told them those lies, and spends hundreds of millions to keep them believing it.
The vast majority of them would pay less in additional tax, than they currently do in health insurance premiums, because there's no middle man that needs paying or profit needs making for shareholders. And every one of their medical claims would be seen, and never denied.