Re:Sometimes I read stories about American healthcare and fe...
by sp332 on Monday May 07, 2012 @03:30PM
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If you're against wealth redistribution (or whatever they like to call it), just come right out and say it.
Yes, that is my point. If you're sick that doesn't give you a unilateral claim to take other people's money. In fact this story is a pretty good example: He got healthcare way beyond what a sane government program would mandate (held his job for a full year, paid for an MRI etc). And it was paid for "socially".
But it is a fact that healthcare's a lot cheaper mostly anywhere besides the US of A.
Yes, the US healthcare system is screwed up. But I don't understand the knee-jerk "universal healthcare" reactions.
Yes, that is my point. If you're sick that doesn't give you a unilateral claim to take other people's money. In fact this story is a pretty good example: He got healthcare way beyond what a sane government program would mandate (held his job for a full year, paid for an MRI etc). And it was paid for "socially".
But it is a fact that healthcare's a lot cheaper mostly anywhere besides the US of A.
Yes, the US healthcare system is screwed up. But I don't understand the knee-jerk "universal healthcare" reactions.