itt quotes by people I've never heard of, still don't convince me that government healthcare systems are a bad thing.
hey look I just went to the doctor because I have a flu and medicare paid for it. That's pretty cool, but you know what's even better? A kid I know on the other side of the country was able to have brain surgery the other day, to remove a tumour from up there, because medicare paid for almost all of the major costs of the operation. What they didn't cover, the kid's private health insurance did. If he had only had the private insurance, his parents would probably be in debt now.
Sure anecdotes are just that, but I still can't bring myself- as a person who lives in a country with a functional and capable government-run healthcare system- to even remotely think that any arguement against the concept of one in general makes sense. To me, it's simply insane to be against one.
Insane.
hey look I just went to the doctor because I have a flu and medicare paid for it. That's pretty cool, but you know what's even better? A kid I know on the other side of the country was able to have brain surgery the other day, to remove a tumour from up there, because medicare paid for almost all of the major costs of the operation. What they didn't cover, the kid's private health insurance did. If he had only had the private insurance, his parents would probably be in debt now.
Sure anecdotes are just that, but I still can't bring myself- as a person who lives in a country with a functional and capable government-run healthcare system- to even remotely think that any arguement against the concept of one in general makes sense. To me, it's simply insane to be against one.
Insane.
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This lil' thing is thanks to Jarka!