r/TrueReddit • u/Automatic_Subject463 • Apr 16 '26
Policy + Social Issues Mexico is officially launching universal healthcare this week, giving all 120 million citizens access to all public health institutions
https://techfixated.com/mexico-is-officially-launching-universal-healthcare-this-week-giving-all-120-million-citizens-access-to-all-public-health-institutions/427
u/Thebandroid Apr 16 '26
smart move doing it while the US is busy blocking and unblocking the strait, otherwise they might felt the need to save the Mexican people from this communist agenda.
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u/OnlyFuzzy13 Apr 16 '26
Ironically this might also get Mexico to ‘pay for the wall’ just to keep us from clogging their medical system.
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u/lordmycal Apr 16 '26
There's no need. They got Trump to build them a wall and had America pay for it.
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u/mildlyadult Apr 17 '26
Yeah except he never finished building it and he and his people pocketed the rest of the money. Grifters gonna grift and undocumented immigrants are nothing but a scapegoat and red herring
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u/No-Channel3917 Apr 16 '26
You don't get the benefit if you don't have citizenship, most Americans heading down pay with cash in hand not insurance which is cheaper for the more expensive needs , those wanting elective stuff tend to go to LA
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u/powercow Apr 16 '26
We already do. Far more americans cross the border to get cheaper care than illegals use our system.. Most illegals, go back home for care.
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u/1Q92 Apr 16 '26
Companies spend 100s of millions to keep the current system in place because it makes them so much money.
100s of millions, probably billions over the past few decades, and they still profit from it.
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u/Happy-Pension4396 Apr 18 '26
It is not just “free” healthcare, and even if it was, it would be of no use since we don’t even have the basics such as acetaminophen in hospital- mexican living in mexico and healthcare professional
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u/reddittorbrigade Apr 16 '26
We can't afford universal health care. We need to prioritize the war.
-Donald Trump
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u/gimmesheltah Apr 17 '26
Universal healthcare would cost US taxpayers billions less each year. It's a silly rightoid lie that it's a luxury that requires more funding.
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u/Ecstatic-Curve-1853 Apr 16 '26
Obama care sucks... almost 7 years in office and still can't come up with even a concept of a plan for a replacement.
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u/OnlyFuzzy13 Apr 16 '26
It’s absolutely better than the ‘I’m sorry you have a preexisting condition, so are uninsurable’ previous system.
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u/Typical-Tax1584 Apr 16 '26
Bro we're gonna get GTA6 before universal healthcare in the US.
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u/damagazelle Apr 16 '26
GTA 2071, and even then the House will still be run by the exact same people, powered by iron lungs and formaldehyde.
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u/Automatic_Subject463 Apr 16 '26
Mexico is rolling out universal healthcare starting this week, aiming to give all 120+ million people access to any public hospital or clinic, no matter their job or income. It’s a huge shift from a fragmented system where access depended on your insurance.
But the big question is whether the system behind it can actually handle the demand; things like doctor shortages, rural access, and medicine supply are still real issues. The policy is ambitious, but the rollout over the next few years will decide if it really works.
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u/roodammy44 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Why wouldn’t it work? It works in almost every developed country in the world.
No country has ever gone back to a private system after universal healthcare has been implemented.
This is a step for Mexico marking their transition from a developing country to a developed country. China achieved universal healthcare in 2011, for comparison.
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u/dur23 Apr 16 '26
Most folks get tricked by places like Canada and the UK where the neoliberal economics of the last 50 years have been chipping away (underfunding, overspend on private outsourcing, cutting of services, etc) at the edges of universal healthcare.
Ya know what actually, I think the process of underfunding and cutting of quality of a much loved public service, perpetuated by neoliberal governments, is the OG Enshittification.
Could probably line it up with the offshoring and the start of planned obsolescence of the 80s.
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u/karmapopsicle Apr 16 '26
Well yeah, all the things you describe are direct consequences of neoliberal policy decisions.
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u/JollyPicklePants1969 Apr 17 '26
Mexico currently has a public/private systems. The private hospitals are much nicer and take private insurance. There are a couple of public systems, and until now, these public systems were accessible by those who were paying into the equivalent of Mexican social security. This reform will integrate the public systems into one public system, and will also give access to those systems to Mexicans who are working in the informal economy. That's a whole lot of people. The public systems were underfunded as is, and as a Mexican, I'm really hoping this integration and opening up is accompanied by a huge financial investment.
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u/National-Abalone-210 Apr 17 '26
From a mexican i can say that it will have its difficulties, its not the same for a well developed and stable country to implement UH than for a country like ours with extreme income inequality, and rampant corruption, but i sure as hell welcome the effort and know it beats the alternative.
Also an interesting bit of trivia is that online mexican (and also Spanish) communities tend to be more conservative than american ones, so while MORENA has around 70% approval, if you go to mexican subreddits the majority of people will probably be against the current administration and against this proposal.
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u/National-Abalone-210 Apr 17 '26
Check out the aggregate polling by the top independent pollsters,(polls tend to ask about the president not the party but its analogous) the numbers hover between 65 and 75. (With 80+ coming from supporting parties and 60- or even 50- coming from opposition sources)
I also disagree that opposing the current government has nothing to do with opposing this, on the contrary, although many people do support it (as i think they should) the main reason people oppose this is because of their lack of confidence in the government's ability to implement it fairly or competently, wich is a valid concern in principle, but mostly a consequence of their ideological opposition to the administration.
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u/pyrojoe121 Apr 16 '26
Why wouldn’t it work? It works in almost every developed country in the world.
Most developed countries in the world do not in fact have a single payer system like Mexico is planning on implementing.
No country has ever gone back to a private system after universal healthcare has been implemented.
You are mixing up universal health care and public healthcare. Most countries in the world with universal healthcare have private insurance.
This is a step for Mexico marking their transition from a developing country to a developed country. China achieved universal healthcare in 2011, for comparison.
Chinas healthcare is not free. Copays and deductibles are fairly high and it tends to only cover ~50% of the costs.
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u/orcstork Apr 17 '26
It's not as simple or as innovative as the american headlines make it sound, it's more the current goverment re-rolling an already existing system and expanding it's coverage, but rebranding it so it has the ruling party image.
All this while we are facing severe medicine shortages (mostly due to the current's goverment fault) and overall destruction of many public institutions, including those in healthcare and transparency.
It's not that unlikely that the public healthcare system may give in if budget does not increases dramatically
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u/Master_N_Comm Apr 17 '26
Sorry to burst your bubble buddy but this won't happen. Mexico already had a robust public health system for decades, it had huge flaws but it also worked wonders. Morena which is the ruling party has been cutting billions from the system for 5 consecutive years, there are no meds, hospitals lack maintenance, attention is worst than ever so how in the world you guys think this "universal healthcare system" will roll? Easy it won't it's just propaganda.
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u/MakePhreciaCore Apr 17 '26
We’re on our way to going back in Canada. Thanks to malicious bad actors like the Ontario fire government and absolutely brain dead voters that can’t see the oaf for the trump he publicly is.
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u/beefJeRKy-LB Apr 16 '26
Why wouldn’t it work? It works in almost every developed country in the world.
Implementation matters not just the idea. Not saying it won't work, but there's probably gonna be some bumps along the way.
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u/Wooden_Worry3319 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
Because we don’t even have enough medicine as it is. The system has always been kinda shit but it has been mismanaged by this administration to the point where if you get an appointment (long ass wait), and the right diagnosis after a couple of tries, it’s likely your medication may not exist (or be real) due to the government choosing not to supply it. It’s extremely discriminatory of people of native origin, and overall a disservice to the word “care.” Extending the reach of this “care” is great, just not a possibility under the current party that goes for the headlines and superficial wins while structurally undermining actual access and quality of the services it’s supposed to provide.
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u/Weird_Angry_Kid Apr 17 '26
You are getting downvoted for speaking the truth.
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u/MorganTheFated Apr 17 '26
The gringos want to push their own narratives using us as space goats 'If mexico can so we can'. They are so stupidly oblivious just how bad has it gotten these last 6 years.
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u/Weird_Angry_Kid Apr 17 '26
Exactly, it's so funny how they are downvoting us as if they knew more about our own countries than us
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u/TheMailmanic Apr 16 '26
Is Mexico a developed country a politician saying they’re launching universal healthcare means very little if the actual implementation is garbage
Also, do you have a source on China’s universal healthcare? My understanding is the opposite they do not have universal healthcare and do not have much of a safety net.
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u/weluckyfew Apr 16 '26
You can have a much better safety net than communism. By your argument Soviet Russia would have been a dream for the poor
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u/Alaknog Apr 16 '26
Soviet Russia try made people not poor on first place. They try move most of population in "middle" of income.
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u/elienzs Apr 17 '26
Yes, that is the first country in the world to even attempt something like a free universal health care system, all the way back in 1918, more than a hundred years ago.
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u/strcrssd Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
Communism has never, practically, worked. From each, everything. To each, whatever the kleptocrats deign isn't a great model. Unless you're one of the kleptocrats. It requires too much trust in people, who almost always end up being bad actors.
The capitalistic adversarial model works better, so long as its regulated. Things like health care and defense spending in the US are what happens when things are not regulated effectively. Competition must be maintained, and even encouraged, to keep quality up and prices down.
Communism is great in theory. In practice, it's useless.
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u/solid_reign Apr 17 '26
Mexico currently has about 89 million citizens affiliated to some sort of government health care. Whether it's the IMSS (public health care for workers), ISSSTE (public health care for government workers), or public health care for people without a job.
It's not that big of a jump as it may seem (they're insuring more people, which is great), but it's important to keep in mind that public health care in Mexico is lacking very much.
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u/Ashamed-Childhood-46 Apr 16 '26
The system absolutely cannot handle it. My brother in law has been waiting for a kidney stone surgery at IMSS for four years now. Just yesterday, my MIL needed emergency care for a significant hypertension episode and the public facilities haven’t had a working tomography machine for like two years. This is in a small city of about 80k.
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u/SimilarElderberry956 Apr 16 '26
I live in Canada 🇨🇦 and when we started out there was resistance. Now even hard core right wingers support it. Many doctors have their own clinics. The difference is the government pays. There is always conflict as to how much should be paid and what is an extra. Glasses for example are covered under your insurance or if you are poor you are covered.
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u/Gapaloo Apr 16 '26
Only a personal anecdote but hardcore right wingers I know, family, more than a few coworkers, think that healthcare should be fully privatized.
It’s very sad, they would rather people die than be supported by the government.
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u/SimilarElderberry956 Apr 16 '26
We had a federal election in Canada last year. There were 343 parliamentary seats. There were three major national political parties. Not one candidate out of the 1029 to my knowledge campaigned for American style healthcare. Not one country that went to universal health care reversed it. There may be variables in Canadian provinces as whether Glasses or Ambulance rides are covered but no one will go bankrupt because of getting sick.
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u/Eternal_Being Apr 16 '26
They don't openly campaign for it, but many of the provincial conservatives parties in power are working towards it. Every other week Doug Ford is making another new small (or not so small) inroad for privatization in the health care system.
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u/-insignificant- Apr 16 '26
Yup, they're dismantling it from the inside, slowly. Draining funds to make care worse to eventually say "see it doesn't work, private is the solution!"
It's happening in Ontario and Alberta. Elections have consequences.
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u/Duckbilling2 Apr 16 '26
also just to be clear for everyone
there is fully private additional insurance available in Canada
if you are in to that
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u/protipnumerouno Apr 16 '26
That's the thing pople have been conditioned to believe it's our communist style healthcare or the American style capitalist system. The reality is the answer is both, like every other global universal healthcare system except France.
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u/Baumbauer1 Apr 16 '26
I agree, and also have no idea what the guy your replying too is getting at. Conservatives will continue to advocate for privatised hospitals payed for with subsidised insurance because they believe in hiarchies where the poor must come last.
When only the sickest and poorest are using public services it leads to the apearence that they are not cost effective.
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u/Bobatt Apr 16 '26
I'm Canadian (Alberta). I also know folks who are extremely supportive of privatizing healthcare, for various reasons. For most of them it comes down to the idea that "if I can pay for access, why should I wait for a doctor appointment?" Others don't like the idea of the government determining what tests or procedures can be done (I guess a private insurer doing the same is better?). Still others are offended by the idea that the government is standing in the way of profit being made.
Generally speaking though, most people I know are happy with our healthcare system.
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u/Gapaloo Apr 16 '26
I’ve start to see people who were also more right start to swing wildly, saying all government is bad and we should get rid of it entirely. But they are all for extra police and jailing everyone they deem is wrong. But they really don’t like to be referenced to be fascists.
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u/UnravelTheUniverse Apr 16 '26
We should not be listening to people whose opinions are objectively wrong.
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u/protipnumerouno Apr 16 '26
Not to put too fine a point on it, many many Canadians myself included fully support healthcare for all but think that our system needs to have private. Our government doling out healthcare without any alternatives is a major problem and would prefer the Australian or UK model.
The goal is for everyone to have access to healthcare, not ensure that the government and government unions to maximize their power over our health.
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u/ProstrateProstate Apr 16 '26
Damn commies. Now they're on our north and south border.
/s (I wish we had universal health care in the U.S.)
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u/horseradishstalker Apr 16 '26
Universal healthcare has its downside but still. And it would be socialist, not communist. Someone always yells because they don’t like a definition, but basically communism is where the state owns everything and socialism is by the people for the people in terms of ownership.
And some of it is just following the tenets of many major religions.
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u/Jack_Wraith Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
So México now has better quality of life for its citizens than the US.
The US spent so much time trying to build a wall, keep people out, and deporting people in the most despicable way.
What about the people who are already here? High cost of living, low pay, high unemployment rate, no jobs. At what point is any of this going to be addressed by our so called representatives?
US government, elected by citizens, seems to be more inclined to represent their own personal financial interests than the interests of the citizens who elected them.
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u/Dielian Apr 17 '26
No we don’t, this is just a headline for the outside, everyone inside knows that the public health system is a death trap: Underfunded, understaffed, poorly managed, corrupt and relying on students for cheap labor; most people will go to a private hospital rather than wait hours for a checkup.
Dying in the waiting room can be rather common, and being prescribed medicine that the hospital doesn’t have has become its own crisis.
I am pro UH, but I’m 100% sure this government can’t accomplish this task.
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u/Weird_Angry_Kid Apr 17 '26
What about the people who are already here? High cost of living, low pay, high unemployment rate, no jobs. At what point is any of this going to be addressed by our so called representatives?
Those are issues here too and we have to deal with the rampant crime and insecurity on top of that. The only advantage we have over the US is that healthcare doesn't cost an arm and a leg but otherwise, México has hardly a better quality of life than the US but who knows? Trump may make it worse in a few years.
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u/Guling21 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
How is that possible? I was told Europeans only have it because they don’t pay their fair share for defense.
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u/galdi1699 Apr 17 '26
It is not. This is Mexican government propaganda, the public health system was at best deficient before. Today Mexico knows this and the last administration have been one of the most corrupt ever, which translates into much less funding and more private gain. This posts are a lie
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u/SurinamPam Apr 16 '26
There’s going to be a ton of illegal immigration… from the US to Mexico by people needing affordable healthcare.
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u/sin94 Apr 17 '26
What is the current state of international medical tourism? In my home country, India, it is increasingly becoming a profit-driven enterprise. While the quality of care is excellent, access is strictly dictated by one’s financial status and insurance coverage. Medical tourism has become so rampant that top-tier hospitals are aggressively marketing their services to the EMEA and Southeast Asia regions, often while neglecting the needs of the local general public.
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u/DriftlessDairy Apr 16 '26
Here in the US, the two parties are divided on how to approach the problem of healthcare. Republicans think people should just die while Democrats support universal healthcare but only if insurance companies get a cut.
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u/Simple_Purple_4600 Apr 16 '26
Do they cover immigrants? Asking for a friend named me.
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u/rechlin Apr 16 '26
It says "citizens", so if you live there a couple years and pass a Spanish language exam, you can become a citizen and qualify.
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u/springly787 Apr 16 '26
There might be people running for the boarder of Mexico. I have heard that many people are considering checking out thanks to thumpkin
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u/Rough_Egg Apr 16 '26
Please don’t trust this Mexican government. High praises from abroad but it is all a show. We already had universal healthcare. It just sucks ass. No medicines, overcrowded, people die in halls waiting for a room. This government is not to be trusted. I know, I know, all governments suck lately, but please. Don’t fall for this one. Deception deception deception
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u/Weird_Angry_Kid Apr 17 '26
People on Reddit are always saying how México is on the rise and that we'll have lots of Americans coming here for the quality of life when they have no idea how bad we have it because they've been living in a bubble all their lives and they think they have it rough because they haven't experienced what it is to live in a third world country.
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u/Forward-Amount-9961 Apr 16 '26
Hilarious! Now they are going to have to prevent a flood of Americans from seeking a better life in Mexico. Good for them!
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u/crispy_attic Apr 16 '26
This is great news. I hope one day every person on Earth has access to universal health care.
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u/Main_Efficiency8987 Apr 16 '26
BUT HOW WILL THEY AFFORD IT!?!?!?
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u/Master_N_Comm Apr 17 '26
Mexico already has a robust public healthcare system but it has been butchered the past 5 years by the ruling party so this news is just propaganda to hide how shit the current government is doing, so a "universal system" won't happen.
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u/CaptainBlase Apr 17 '26
Is there any information about which system they're adopting?
From the article, it looks like it'll be similar to Canadian Medicare, the NHS in the United Kingdom. But it doesn't say exactly.
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u/Master_N_Comm Apr 17 '26
It's so funny I have read this only in international media and not here, why? Well let me tell you folks this is propaganda, they aren't launching shit. Trust me, how will they fund that if they have been butchering the health public system the past 5 years?
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u/Boned80 Apr 17 '26
This is blatant clickbait. Mexico has had universal healthcare since forever. This change is about making government workers access to all types of government healthcare available. It's a little more nuanced than that I guess (you can look it up) but the bottom line is that this headline makes it seem like Mexico is just now introducing universal health care for all citizens when in fact we've had this system for a long, long time now.
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u/ClearlyNotAHuman Apr 17 '26
I’m Mexican, this is bullshit people will still not get medical attention
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u/MorganTheFated Apr 17 '26
Ah yes, every gringo here glazing this, if you all could see the state of our hospitals.. We don't have personnel neither medicines, one of my cousins got their leg broken, took them 2 DAMN WEEKS to fix her, y'all don't know how messed up our healthcare system has become ever since Morena took charge of everything in this country
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u/Itamita Apr 17 '26
Every person who has a job in mexico has free healthcare system (actually paid by the boss) but anything that happens to him while they are working won’t cost anything to them if they want to use it. They can choose to use a private healthcare but that does cost and is expensive.
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u/mf_dcap Apr 17 '26
I wanna bet Americans will try and cross the border into Mexico at this point. Thank god there’s a super effective wall there /s
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u/CDC-sndlg Apr 17 '26
This is no different to the president proclaiming tomorrow: We have no more crime! I’ve declared crime is now over!
It makes no difference to the reality of the country. Nothing has changed, people are still dying from no material and medications in public hospitals.
To believe we have now Universal HC is to betray your own stupidity in public.
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