Universal healthcare is so hard that only 32 of the 33 highly developed countries in the world do it.
Probably be 32/32 in the near future at the rate they’re going.
True that.
I hear you. How does one pirate health insurance?
Sail the seven seas to medical tourism
Given how highly adaptable Americans are I am very surprised to not seeing more of you trying to make a life for yourself in Europe. A plane ticket to any eu country is far cheaper than an ambulance ride to er…
I’ve seen a lot of Americans in my life.
Most of them are not adaptable.
There was a movie about this called John Q.
What amazes me is Americans doing this to themselves. Literally acting against their own best interests, putting their lives and wellbeing in the hands of companies only concerned about profit.
Last time I had a surgery, I wrote “by participating in this surgery, all participants confirm they are covered under bcbs, and agree to waiver payment if not” right below the surgery site.
The doctor got a kick out of it, says apparently I ‘got’ one of his aides, who saw it, said his coverage was lapsed, and ask if a patient could do that. The doctor said he made him stand in the corner for 30 mins while they did my shoulder repair.
It’s much worse because you can choose not to watch Netflix but you don’t have much choice if you are sick.
It’s more like receiving a bill for songs you hear on the radio in the grocery store, on the bus, in other people’s cars passing by. You didn’t ask for the benefit, could not really negotiate it, but it was useful to you when you got it. You could maybe avoid it by not leaving your house.
you can choose what hospital you go to
But u can’t choose whether u need to go there in the first place so that doesn’t matter at all
you can, it’s just not advisable
U can choose whether u do actually go there but u CANNOT choose whether u NEED to
Edit: why do u want to die on this hill so bad ur very clearly wrong
just as I can die on this hill people can choose to die instead of going to hospitals
But they still can’t choose whether they needed to go there, they js chose to not go. I’m assuming ur trolling, in which case, I feel bad for you. Although on the off chance ur not, it’s not my responsiblity to educate u and I won’t engage in this discussion further.
Not when you have a stroke and are found unconscious by the side of the road. You can ask my father about it, when he learns to talk again.
Not always
And then having to send emails back and forth for months talking to several people, taking days off work and spending hours on the phone for clearance to watch stranger things and having it be denied because of some obscure reason that is going to take you several more days off work to try to get clearance to watch the show again
And if you don’t watch Stranger Things, you die.
Yep because you got fired for missing too much work and lost your Netflix. This was Netflix’s plan the entire time
All this while being sick like a dog.
After recently apartment hunting, I have a (slightly tangential) gripe to add on here.
When I was getting my income verification (to prove I could afford the proposed rent), it went off gross income - what you make before taxes and so-called “benefits” are taken out. The hundreds I pay each month for the “benefit” of being insured make a significant difference between what I make and what I take home. Do I make 3x a given rent? Well technically, by gross income, I do. But my net income is where that rent payment comes from, so the chunk of my take-home going toward rent is absolutely higher than 1/3 of the net income I can actually use.
I have no choice but to pay for this “benefit.” Notice I keep using quotation marks. That’s because I think the term is bullshit. I think a work-sponsored benefit should be something work provides. Yeah, maybe they got a “deal” to offer insurance to employees for lower than it’d cost to buy for ourselves, but come on. If work really wanted to call it a “benefit,” they should pay us more so the numbers even out on our take-home. We’re forced into these situations, yet employers have the nerve to use a term that implies they’re offering some special bonus to us.
Okay, enough ranting for now. No, wait - prescriptions! That’s another health-related cost that isn’t deducted, that I still have to pay for, despite having insurance.
The screws keep tightening around us workers and there’s no escape. I really hope Mamdani sparks inspiration across the country, because this shit is untenable.
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Basically, stuff that used to be cheap has been turned into “markets” and now the entire middle class is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
Fantastic article! I’m bookmarking it to share.
The guy has a wonderfully idiosyncratic writing style. None of what he says is in any way new (there are videos on YouTube of Sen Warren saying the exact same things from 2008-2010 or so), but it’s certainly an interesting read.
American health insurance? That’s not how it works in other countries
Virtually all of our politicians love it.
But hey, my doctor gets to brag about the multiple properties he owns while he barely pays attention to what I’m talking to him about. It’s a great system for doctors.
I don’t know if that’s the doctor, but definitely the CEO of the insurance company
Little bit of column a, lot of column B
Maybe we should try voting harder for representatives that are owned by the corrupt insurance companies and their shareholders
Maybe we should vote against them in the kabuki primaries.
Imagine paying for Netflix.
I stopped paying for health insurance years ago, no way I can afford it now. I just get it through my state system.
oh no Netflix is getting ideas
The country needs more diversity. Please visit us first and bring your culture.
