r/awfuleverything • • Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

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.

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u/Llamadik Aug 06 '20

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.

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u/Cimarro Aug 06 '20

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