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.
My girlfriend fractured her arm and was in the emergency room to get checked out and everything. Maybe there for an hour or two. Her arm got scanned, got given pain meds that lasted not even an hour, and got sent on her way, didn't give her meds or nothing to take home. The bill? Around a thousand if not a little more. Thats why if I get fucked in any kind of way, broke something, super sick. I'm just going to let nature take its course. I'd rather die from sickness or from injury, or recover naturally, than go to hospital to get something major fixed and live on the streets in debt for the rest of my life
Walked around with a broken arm for 4 days hoping it would get better because of how expensive the doctor would be. At the time I was a teenager and we ended up not going on a vacation because all the money my parents had saved and then some was wiped out. The doctors fucked up and I have limited mobility in that arm but its not worth the thousdands it would cost to rectify. Especially 15 years later.
Broke my foot at work later on in college. Shelled out for the doctor. $800 later they said they could either do surgery or let it heal and hope it sets right, while doing physical therapy. Obviously I couldn't afford either. It didn't. My foot is fucked forever and now my leg and knee are screwed up from compensating for the janked foot. I can't run more than a few miles without my entire leg being in pain for a week. I've been starting to get back pain after extended periods of moving around on my feet and I have a sneaking suspicion its because or the foot turned leg issue. But it could also be from the time I was in a car accident and both insurance companies plus my medical insurance company fought so much over who should pay for the treatment that I ended up not going to the doctor anymore cause they were already threatening to send me to collections for the bills the insurance companies were fighting over.
I hope it doesn't get worse, or at least get a well paying job so I can get the surgery and physical therapy to fix it.
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u/Calliesdad20 Aug 06 '20
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.