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[+] -13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

America does. They just suffer from capitalism.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No we just don’t get medical care if there’s any way to avoid it. If it was free we’d have a doctor shortage instantly.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago

    We already have a doctor shortage in a lot of places in the US, even without single payer healthcare :/

    Part of it is due to private equity destroying private practice and buying up healthcare providers

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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    We pay out the ass and still have to schedule a surgery 4 months out or just argue with insurance denials for cancer treatment until we die first. Show up to an ER with something that won't immediately kill you and be prepared to wait for 5 hours so a doctor can see you for literally 5 minutes. Nursing homes will bill you $4,000 a month to share a room while you wait to dies, with staff going down to like 2 people for 60 people after 7pm.

    The only ones there's enough doctors for are the wealthy. Everywhere else your screwed, and also get billed into permanent debt. It's like $15,000 just to have a baby. Heart attack will run you six figures .

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