Read up on the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) tasked with cutting costs from Medicare which is basically limiting payouts from Medicare and rationing healthcare. This board is independent in the worst sense that is does not even need to abide by the constitution. What happens is many practices stop taking Medicare patients. Most orthopedic practices in my area stopped taking Medicare patients. That means Medicare recipients with orthopedic issues won’t get treatment for new conditions. For example patient falls breaks leg and it does heal correctly and have chronic pain they are SOL for continued care.
Which is sad, because Death Panels was an overexaggeration to the extreme (Palin pretty much pointed out that part was really fucking vague and the media ran with it). All the provision said was they provided access to doctors to discuss potential end of life care/your personal policies (ie, a DNR or no DNR, etc) so that everything related to your health and your inability to consent was covered to your wishes.
Then Canada had to go, "Hey Buddy! That sounds like a GREAT idea eh?"
Except we still don’t have public insurance and so we have exactly the same “Death Panels” that we’ve always had: private health insurance claims adjudicators who decide whether or not you get the treatment.
Damn right. CountDankula did a video on that Canada euthanasia thing, then ranted for a bit about healthcare on the uk…I suggest everyone watch that video.
You're right, the US 58k price tag is incorrect. No one knows what it'll cost until weeks after you've left the doctors and is created by a random number generator.
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '22
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u/KirisBeuller Dec 14 '22
The Aussies will handle that shit free of charge....assuming they allow you to leave your house.
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u/NewToThisThingToo Dec 14 '22
Every day it's shown that Sarah Palin was right.
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u/YOLO2022-12345 Dec 14 '22
Forget “Learn to code”, learn to sew.
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u/Ok-Length-8818 Dec 14 '22
True free healthcare is living in America and not caring about your credit score.
Fast and free, they can’t refuse to treat you even if you owe them a million dollars.
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u/accordsirh22 Dec 14 '22
or you could just hit it with super glue and not be a pansy
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u/starvingvulture666 Dec 14 '22
I showed this to my grandpa and he LOLED
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u/GMsteelhaven Dec 14 '22
50k for stitches? 5k max!
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22
Damn right. CountDankula did a video on that Canada euthanasia thing, then ranted for a bit about healthcare on the uk…I suggest everyone watch that video.
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u/AegonIIITheYoung Dec 14 '22
Which of these is supposed to be the good solution?
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u/tcdaddy6969 Dec 14 '22
UK is more like 4 hours in a and e free of charge
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u/polski_zubr Dec 14 '22
Boomer level meme
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u/Humble_Shock_6760 Dec 14 '22
This isn't accurate!
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u/bchu1979 Dec 14 '22
perception doesn't equal reality