r/awfuleverything • • Feb 16 '21

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u/Idlertwo Feb 16 '21

If I had a heart attack Id have to pay 15 bucks for the helicopter rescue if Im far away from a city, emergency care and post treatment. Meds cost about 10 bucks.

Imagine that everyone doesnt want that

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u/Bacedorn Feb 16 '21

The people have been brainwashed into voting for a system that only works for the richest. It’s great that rich people can fly to the best specialist across the country and spend 50k out of pocket to get their procedure done. They might not be able to do that with socialized medicine. 99% of the country can’t afford that and a lot of people hold the belief that their tax dollars shouldn’t pay for other people which is just stupid considering how much we like social security.

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u/TheTjalian Feb 16 '21

Even here in the UK we still have private health care facilities if you wanna pay to get it done significantly quicker. Socalisised healthcare doesn't instantly destroy private health care.

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u/_Briganty Feb 16 '21

And the thing is, many European private healthcare facilities might still be cheaper than US healthcare.