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Americans are unhappy with the state of health care and insurance (abcnews.go.com)
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Polls show a majority blame insurance and pharmaceutical companies for high costs, denied claims, and access issues.

Only 44% rate U.S. health care quality as “good” or “excellent,” a 20-year low.

Support for government intervention is rising, with 62% favoring federal responsibility for universal health care.

Meanwhile, satisfaction with the Affordable Care Act has grown, with 54% approving.

Trump’s unclear health care overhaul plans are entering a polarized environment where Americans remain split on private versus government-run systems.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Subsidies", lol. USSA subsidised its private health insurance companies more, than any other in the world. Private companies are great at double-charging. That's why healthcare should be single-payer system.

Or universal has limits on coverage thus making poor who really need help unable to get good care

What do you even try to say? Let's say I break leg. In country with UHC I will:

  1. Be transported by ambulance
  2. Get x-ray
  3. Get surgery if needed
  4. Get cast
  5. Get stay in hospital if needed
  6. Get cast removed
  7. Go home happy and healthy

In country without UHC I will:

  1. Pay
  2. Pay
  3. Maybe see a doctor
  4. Pay
  5. Pay
  6. Pay
  7. Maybe get cast
  8. Pay
  9. Got sent home and pay
  10. Pay more
  11. Maybe get bone to heal, but neither be happy, nor healthy due to malnutrition
  12. Get cast removed for extra payment

In first example I spent about 1$ for metro ticket back home, while in second one I would be bankrupt 12 times.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What if you have a tumor that needs to be removed but the doctors determine it isn't cancer. How long do you wait?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

As long as you are not willing to adopt and maintain UHC. And as long as it takes to remove that kind of tumor. Or do you really think privatizing healthcare will make those tumors disappear?