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Maretus
@maretus
I really don’t understand the opposition from people about universal healthcare. I know it’s not perfect, but it’s certainly better than the shit we have now - Universal healthcare but only for old people. That in itself is just so inefficient. It’s literally the worst of both worlds. The government pays inflated prices for healthcare (only for old people). Why not just pay reduced prices for everyone? I don’t know anyone who thinks our current system is working. I pay almost 20% of my income for insurance that can tell my doctor “no, he actually doesn’t need that thing you the doctor said he needs. I always hear people say “well the wait times with universal healthcare would be outrageous!” Idk about you, I’m ok with waiting a little longer if it means not being held hostage by insurance companies more worried about profit than patients.
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Luigi Stranieri
@luigistranieri
I lived in Italy and Japan where there’s 2 different systems and I can say with a certain confidence that the Japanese system is the best in terms of time/quality service. Not completely free (70%) and your insurance company is the government. Probably for the American people this would sound too socialist but makes absolutely sense if you think that the organization who have to take care of citizens has to be the government and cannot be a private company. In Japan you can find also numerous private structures agreed upon with the government if you want to pay more for a way better service. I mean, it’s absolutely possible. For older people with low income is completely free. I pay around 1500$ per year for a family of 5.
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Maretus
@maretus
Exactly. This seems to be the case for nearly every country with universal healthcare. It’s not perfect, but it’s way better than what we get. And the government here is already paying for everyone anyway. We have a federal law saying that no hospital can turn anyone away for being unable to pay. So the government is still paying. They’re just paying way too much money to rich rent seeking insurance companies who don’t do anything to improve our people’s healthcare. They are a literal parasite here.
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