Started a discussion on Facebook about the need for single-payer universal health care and this is what I got:
Friend one: Oh, I have lots of medical bills right now so I would love that!
Friend two: I don't need it but I'll say yes just for you!
Is this really the self-centered, short-sided mentality we're facing on such an important issue? These are people whose opinions I hold in high esteem. What does that say about the majority of Americans? This is easily the most important domestic issue of our time. Over 46 million people without care and hundreds of millions more in vulnerable, precarious positions because of our corrupt, profit-driven insurance system.
I've known my stance on socialized medicine since I was 13. It's a no-brainer. It didn't change when I had jobs with great insurance. What do we need to do to get more people on board? Does it need to get worse before it gets better? Maybe the idea that people are working their asses off to get that great job with benefits is too lofty to take down. If people really thought about how tenuous their health and livelihoods are under the current system, they'd be terrified and so they remain in denial.
And anyone who says they don't want a public option or a switch to socialized care because of how it might affect their own currently awesome health care is an uncaring asshole. Someone dies in this country every 12 minutes because of a lack of health care. Those are people 64 and younger. People 65 and up are covered by Medicare. But how much more do we spend on their care because of preventable conditions like diabetes and heart disease that weren't treated when they went years without care? Debt incurred from health care costs is the number one reason for bankruptcy. I don't know what else needs to be brought to light for people to get it.
Friend one: Oh, I have lots of medical bills right now so I would love that!
Friend two: I don't need it but I'll say yes just for you!
Is this really the self-centered, short-sided mentality we're facing on such an important issue? These are people whose opinions I hold in high esteem. What does that say about the majority of Americans? This is easily the most important domestic issue of our time. Over 46 million people without care and hundreds of millions more in vulnerable, precarious positions because of our corrupt, profit-driven insurance system.
I've known my stance on socialized medicine since I was 13. It's a no-brainer. It didn't change when I had jobs with great insurance. What do we need to do to get more people on board? Does it need to get worse before it gets better? Maybe the idea that people are working their asses off to get that great job with benefits is too lofty to take down. If people really thought about how tenuous their health and livelihoods are under the current system, they'd be terrified and so they remain in denial.
And anyone who says they don't want a public option or a switch to socialized care because of how it might affect their own currently awesome health care is an uncaring asshole. Someone dies in this country every 12 minutes because of a lack of health care. Those are people 64 and younger. People 65 and up are covered by Medicare. But how much more do we spend on their care because of preventable conditions like diabetes and heart disease that weren't treated when they went years without care? Debt incurred from health care costs is the number one reason for bankruptcy. I don't know what else needs to be brought to light for people to get it.
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user209834982:
People are assholes. And personally, having been on Medicaid, the government insurance is better than the BS you have to deal with with a private insurance carrier. So, that point is moot.
user209834982:
I just got one, and mine covered it. It also covered some crowns. And it's paying for my IUD next week.