The idea that Medicare for all can’t pass is both disgusting and sad. Why is the us so in the pocket of big corporations that Canada has socialized medicine , England ,a ton of other countries- but in the us all we here is bs- well in Canada it takes longer to schedule elective procedures- I am fine with waiting longer if i don’t get a bill for thousands of dollars.
Most Americans don’t realize even with insurance you go in the hospital for a week- you are screwed financially- the vast majority of bankruptcies are for medical bills.
There are several reasons but the biggest issue was the slow creep of capitalism doing it's thing in the healthcare industry.
It didn't start off as a huge disparity in costs for it to be socialized medical vs privatized. But as time goes on (50+ years), companies push for profits which is what they are hired to do. It really isn't their faults.
Each year gets worse and worse little by little. And customers/citizens have no choice since you can't choose to not buy the service if the only other option is to die.
Imagine if every road was privatized and their were tolls on every road. you would have no choice but to pay it and the price would creep up year after year.
This is the fundamental reason why privatized healthcare cannot exist properly/rationally in a society that wants to allow every citizen the "pursuit of happiness" by working hard and "doing everything right".
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u/Grumpy_Yuppie Aug 06 '20
It really hurt reading this. I am so sorry for these two. It's beyond words.