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Originally Posted by MetaMan
why not free vacations to hawaii? free homes? free cars? free booze?
if i want to become fat, get diabetes, smoke and take a 10 years to complete an art degree in university instead of working, someone should pay for it! FREE HEALTHCARE AND FREE COLLEGE FOR ALL!!! WOOOOOOOOO
*round of applause from the drabble*
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Except you miss the most obvious point.. The so called free healthcare obviously costs us money, but as every country in the world with free healthcare shows us.. It costs us less money in the long term. The cost per person drops dramatically once insurance co panties are removed from the mix.
The leading cause of bankruptcy in the US is because of medical bills and it's not because the people had no insurance.. The current system is broken and can not be fixed as long as drug companies can charge hundreds and even thousands for medications which cost dollars to produce.
A stay at a hospital doesn't cost tens of thousands of dollars in any other country in the world except the US. It's a fucking crime that people in this country who work their entire lives go bankrupt because of medical bills when they paid for insurance all their lives..
The system is broken and needsto be rebuilt from the ground up as a single payer healthcare system. The insurance companies who put profit ahead of healthcare need to be removed from the equation..
It saves the tax payers billions in the long run.. It's not socialism, it's common fucking sense and it's the fiscally responible thing to do..