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The American resistance to universal care seems to be predicated on the idea that a bunch of people are going to go to the doctor just for

Posted by Reagen Oct 3 '18, 16:00

funsies. and also that if we put off stuff it'll somehow be cheaper tomorrow.

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I think there's a lot of deliberately sown misinformation about the glories of the free market and the evils of socialism. - mafic Oct 3, 18:19
Actually its based on the fear that *those people* are going to use the healthcare *we* are paying for. -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 17:03 2
- I've seen variants of both 1) "I don't want to pay for other people's healthcare" and 2) "Socialized medicine = Soviet grocery stores in the 80s" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 17:14
- I'm healthy fuck everyone else...till it happens to them -- nm - Beaker Oct 3, 17:07
Even Democrats want to keep the HMOs in business. Obama used to tout Obamacare as a way to keep your medical biller wife (paraphrase) employed. -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 16:59
Everyone I talk to (when I choose to bring it up) has some anecdote along the lines of "I know soandso in Canada and they needed a (insert procedure) - crash davis Oct 3, 16:28 3
- They probably had girlfriends from Canada back in high school too. - Roger More Oct 3, 16:37
- "I have a sick girlfriend in Canada" -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 16:29 1
  - "My friend had a heart attack in Canada and it took six months before they brought out the AED paddles to bring him back to life" -- nm - crash davis Oct 3, 16:31
Liberals: "The world should be this way." Conservatives: *wiped butt on whatever liberals' dreams for this country might be*. Liberals: -- nm - "I can't believe jerks exist in this world wa Oct 3, 16:25 1
- aah!" -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 16:26
Personally, for me - Strongbad Oct 3, 16:18
That's a major part of it. Based on the comments at the boss's town halls over the years, another major part are misconceptions about - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:17 6
- Related question - how many Americans choose their healthcare insurer? -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 16:23 5
  - That is a great point. I was actually looking up some of those details this past summer. - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:45 3
    - Thanks, I’ve always wondered. Who are the 32% not covered by employer provided plans? - Roger More Oct 3, 16:58 2
      - That's pretty much it. - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 17:25 1
        
        Right, the percentage of us folk on Medicare are likely a good part of that. And we have a choice of which plan to go with. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 17:55
  - also, the phrase "out of network physician" does not have a meaning here. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 16:25
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- I think it’s predicated on the ideal of universal access being fairer and kinder. Canada is just the example that it works and isn’t socialism. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 16:18 7
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    - By bad do you mean successful? -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 16:29 5
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        what kind of chips? -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 17:12 1
        
        flash a bag of ketchup chips at a Canadian hospital and they'll give you whatever you need. -- nm - mafic Oct 3, 18:39
        
        It will get you a bag of chips worth of healthcare, and then you die a pauper! (So my American friend tells me) -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 17:07
      - "When kids say 'bad', they mean 'good'! And to shake your booty means to wiggle one's bottom. Allow me to demonstrate." -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 16:30
did Tommy Douglas have to put up with this shit from Dief & co? -- nm - mud Oct 3, 16:02 1
- I'm sure he had to put up with *some* shit. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 16:04
We've already given them Walmart as their meandering zone, we can't give them ERs *too* -- nm - Max Oct 3, 16:01

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