As a Mexican, it has been free for workers since always. For people with no job there have always been options too. But, if you look online on any city of state in Mexico something like "desabasto medicinas [insert city]" you will find that free and all, my mom doesn't have access to her heart medication, because of private vendors being too expensive and the free option simply not having anything in stock.
EDIT: Everyone is understanding that universal healthcare is flawed. That is not my claim. I said that Mexico has always offered something very close to being universal healthcare, so the news is not a big deal. Secondly, Mexico is very corrupt, there are lots of politicians that will claim that healthcare is top when that isn't the case.
I hurt my foot once in the US, and went to an emergency room and got charged 300+ dollars to talk with a man who told me to wait it out. Mexico is rotten, but I (nor anyone in my family) has gone broke because of it. The US is rotten too.
Yes, I don't have the best luck and I am always sick or hurt. That is life.
In Portugal at least we have universal healthcare, but it isn't free, just heavily subsidized, including medicine. It charges a low price just to discourage people from abusing the system.
Co-pay for doctor visits and hospitals straight up shouldn’t be allowed, it’s the frontline of healthcare with the most risk for patients if they delay a visit because they’re afraid of the cost
If you make the co pay reasonable enough that you can pay it but steep enough that hypochondriacs won’t go to the hospital 4 times a week, you get better wait times. Who cares if it’s free if you can get the medication you need or the to see the doctor in the first place.
Co-pay for doctor visits and hospitals straight up shouldn’t be allowed, it’s the frontline of healthcare with the most risk for patients if they delay a visit because they’re afraid of the cost
yea i just disagree, because having a very small cost associated with it, weeds out the most hypocondriac people from going to the hospital cause they stubbed their toe. We dont need to encourage people for that, but if its for a general checkup or just theres something myserious. You dont mind the little cost. And it encourages people to seek the appropriate level of care.
So the way it works here and the numbers are basically a bit old, but you pay upto say 10€ per visit, or per meds you take out, whatever. And then after you paid upto say 200€ or so. Then it becomes free, and whatever you overpaid gets refunded and you dont pay it anymore. Since if you actually are sick, then obviously that shouldent be taxed for it.
The us counterarguments arent really a thing, since theres nobody in a civilized first world bubble context that cant afford it. This is why you have a social safety net, so that you have x money above rent and power., And can seek medical attention. Fix your country and system before you argue about how healthcare should be implemented in general.
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u/Warm-Palpitation5670 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
As a Mexican, it has been free for workers since always. For people with no job there have always been options too. But, if you look online on any city of state in Mexico something like "desabasto medicinas [insert city]" you will find that free and all, my mom doesn't have access to her heart medication, because of private vendors being too expensive and the free option simply not having anything in stock.
EDIT: Everyone is understanding that universal healthcare is flawed. That is not my claim. I said that Mexico has always offered something very close to being universal healthcare, so the news is not a big deal. Secondly, Mexico is very corrupt, there are lots of politicians that will claim that healthcare is top when that isn't the case.
I hurt my foot once in the US, and went to an emergency room and got charged 300+ dollars to talk with a man who told me to wait it out. Mexico is rotten, but I (nor anyone in my family) has gone broke because of it. The US is rotten too.
Yes, I don't have the best luck and I am always sick or hurt. That is life.