WickedCossack wrote:This is why I always get drawn into discussions on healthcare so easily when I see how badly people with the same condition I have treated so poorly in a 1st world country.
That explains your passion about this. A guy I watch on YouTube occasionally, a fairly smart and reasonable guy, his son suffers from frequent seizures, and he has to pay for treatment by himself, since he is self-employed as a YouTube personality. Maybe he has insurance, maybe he deosn't. Maybe he has ObamaCare. He seems to struggle due to it, but I don't know.
He once posted a political compass thing that showed him to be a pretty laissez-faire, live-and-let-live type of person, so he isn't exactly a communist, but he also supported universal health coverage. I think he just wants a system that works for him, and since the current system isn't, he reasons that he has nothing to lose by trying something different.
I can see why my comments might seem careless and out of touch to you. But I'm only saying, that while some have nothing to lose, most people have a lot to lose if overhauling the entire health care system goes wrong. That's why I wanted a dispassionate, fact-based discussion about the health care system, without personal attacks, emotional appeals, or random anecdotes that we can't really rebut due to lack of information. That's how most discussions about health care go and it's not productive.
But I agree I'm at fault due to not replying to your earlier arguments. Don't worry I will. I have the post mostly prepared. Just putting finishing touches on it.
iwillspankyou wrote:Yeah. I agree with you on this one. cos Obama care is not really a public healtcare. It was originally a Republican bill!! The prices skyrocketing, are the result.
Your claim on endless waitinglist, are very wrong though. For smaller, not importaint for your survival, yeah I guess those could have a waitinglist.
This video should open your eyes though, if you care to take a look
Can't watch the video right now but the description has some truth to it.