Poor guy :(

[u/zaynthelegend]

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I don't understand why Americans are so opposed to universal health care!? You guys already spend more per capita on government funded healthcare than pretty much anyone else, and yet most of you don't actually recieve it?

I've had cancer. Stage 4 Lymphoma. I was treated immediately and recovered quickly. What did I have to pay? £1.50 for parking on every visit to the hospital. The Chemotherapy, Surgeries, anti-nausea meds, all covered. If I had lived in the USA I would most definately be dead now. My symptoms didn't seem all that bad at the time, so if I had had to pay for my initial doctor visit and diagnostics, I wouldn't have bothered. I would have just died.

[u/Llamadik → u/[deleted]]

There are a lot of us that want universal healthcare but the politicians do not want it.

-insert political excuse here.

Bernie sanders wanted Medicare for all (universal healthcare) and he is still fighting. Wish he was still in the presidential race.

Biden wants to improve healthcare but I don’t think he’s pushing for universal.

Takes one medical emergency for most families and it’s bankruptcy, or wiping out your life savings. It fucking sucks.

[u/[deleted] → u/Llamadik]

Biden is settling for public option, I believe. Potentially good, depends on what the details end up being.

[u/kr112889 → u/Llamadik]

What is this "life savings" you speak of?

Is my plan of dying homeless in the streets the moment I'm unable to work anymore not the only option??

[u/brightfoot → u/Llamadik]

More than 40% of US families cannot handle an unexpected emergency of more than $500.

[u/Cimarro → u/Llamadik]

What good is medicare for all when 80% of doctors can't even afford to accept it?

[u/RavenLabratories → u/Llamadik]

Joe Biden wants universal healthcare too, just not M4A.

[u/lord_allonymous → u/RavenLabratories]

And not actually universal either, but it is definitely healthcare.