What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Without Insurance

Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by jmalicki on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:21PM (#18779944)

Compared to dying because treatment a private health insurer pays for would simply be denied, as other payers are prohibited.

Why would you want to make medicare supplemental coverage illegal, or forced to be completely separate, which is a characteristic of single-payer health care (as opposed to multiple payer universal health care coverage)?

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Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by pjc50 on Saturday December 29, 2018 @07:09AM (#18783260)

Supplementary coverage is perfectly legal in the UK, I don't know why people think it isn't. Maybe there's a disinformation campaign.

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Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by baddox on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:34PM (#18780730)

AFAIK the UK has optional supplemental health care, and Canada has optional supplemental plans for things not covered by the public plan.

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Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by qyv on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:32PM (#18781082)

That is not how public healthcare works in Canada at all.

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