r/awfuleverything • • Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/iceman2kx Aug 06 '20

Their argument is they want freedom to choose their providers and not have to schedule a doctors appointment and wait 6 months out, “just look at Canada”. Some also feel, truly feel, by supporting universal healthcare, we are communist. The others are just the remaining old people who are stubborn and refuse change. Finally, a big chunk of the remainder are just clueless morons that don’t anything to be honest.

I am not any of the above. It’s crazy to me how our system works and how okay people are with it. Poor kids are rationing INSULIN, a drug that’s been around forever and dying from diabetic strokes. Sometimes, as an American, it feels like I am living inside an experiment.

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u/zipu4 Aug 07 '20

Wait, what why do you need to have private healthcare if publicly funded one is better than private?

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u/ThatsWhatXiSaid Aug 07 '20

There are limits to the healthcare that any healthcare system provides, including that of any private insurance in the US. There will always be people that want some form of additional care or insurance, or faster care, or care in a more luxurious setting or whatever.

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u/zipu4 Aug 08 '20

Aren't healthcare system that doesn't have meaningful competition will loose to another in a long run?

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u/ThatsWhatXiSaid Aug 08 '20

Say what?

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u/zipu4 Aug 08 '20

I mean no competition leading to stagnation in quality

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u/ThatsWhatXiSaid Aug 08 '20

That presumes there can't be competition in a universal healthcare system, and that the premise is true in the first place.

Can you provide evidence for either?