Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by sokoloff on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:29PM
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I don't think it's that people are "disturbed that someone of less means should have access to the same hospitals and doctors as them" but rather that that they don't want to have their own access to those doctors delayed, rationed, or removed. (It's not "I don't want others to have what I have" but rather "I don't want to lose what I have".)
If I'm honest, I basically fall into that boat. When my son shattered his arm, we went straight to Boston Children's and got the best imaginable care. When my wife had a scary situation, I called several MD friends and found who were the best specialists to consult and we went down that road and got a good outcome thankfully.
I sure hope to hell everyone has those same experiences at emotionally and mentally trying times. We've had generally very good experiences with our medical system and I'm reluctant to risk blowing all that up, trying to re-jigger the entire financial foundation of the industry, and hope that what comes out the other end is every bit as good but a lot cheaper.
That sounds simultaneously fantastic and fantastical.
This should be reserved for expensive sneakers, cars, and luxuries, but some apply this perspective to health-care, and are disturbed that someone of less means should have access to the same hospitals and doctors as them.
That's not the only reason of course, but it's often the unstated motivation behind the stated reasons for opposition to universal healthcare, like government rationing of care.