Emvee 8,825 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Healthcare has always been a top priority for progressives. Lowering costs, expanding coverage, increasing negotiating leverage... This is such an obvious piece of legislation that it begs the question of why it has taken the United States of America so long to ban such a horrendous practice. Why are there still loopholes in this legislation? All that industry lobbying is deep seated. And, at the end of the day, you don’t get rid of the root of the problem until you eliminate the for-profit motive in our healthcare system. Same for for education. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Estie 5,704 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 America.....girl....we still sending bills for healthcare though...😒 Call your therapist...it's Petie Estie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwings 12,957 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Just to give y'all an idea of how the American health care system works... A couple of Christmases ago, I had an infected tooth from a root canal that had gone bad. I was in excruciating pain, and because it was during the holiday season, there wasn't a single dentist's office open anywhere within a 100 mile radius. I ended up having to go to an Urgent Care clinic. I saw a doctor for about 15 minutes, and she gave me a prescription for common antibiotics, and a nurse gave me a couple of shots, and they sent me on my way. The cost of that visit was around $2000. Fortunately, my insurance through my job paid for most of it, but why should my health care depend on my job? That's the U S of A for ya! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautiousLurker 19,709 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Pennywise said: …what is a surprise bill, exactly? Is it like when you guys don’t have the tax included in the prices of things so the total is always a surprise? Its like surprise butt s*x but with money It's a joke! When you give me that look, it's a joke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabi001 2,470 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 11 hours ago, PartySick said: My grandpa owed nearly $10,000 for a 10 minute ambulance ride once. It was one of the rescue ones where they have more complicated equipment in it but still The US healthcare system is freaking abysmally bad. How is this happening in "the best country in the world" I haven't payed more than 500€ for medical reasons through my whole 25years of life, and most of things I paid for are my teeth which are not fully covered by health insurance. I'm not having fun tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,835 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 I step in the right direction! Tho tbh i fear they will just find other stuff to jackup to compensate. At least it wont surprise ppl but the overall cost shouldered by ppl for healthcare likely wont drop much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,835 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 14 hours ago, PartySick said: I think it's still "free" in certain regards, I'm finding a lot of conflicting and potentially outdated data (in the beginning of the pandemic, insurance companies were covering 100% of covid costs but they've changed that since then). But yeah, healthcare costs and medical debt will bury you fast in the US. You're better off staying sick or dying I swear every Country has something that is insanely expensive that will keep u in debt for life or a slave to bills In my Country its having a roof over ur head. That rent or mortgage (that good luck paying off) will require a lot of Overtime or budgeting sacrafices to attain. Its why 40 year olds still live with their parents and cant start a family or have children so we grow our population with insane immigration instead which we also have no housing for so they get stuffed in basements and individual rented rooms Isnt life sweet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,835 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Batwings said: Just to give y'all an idea of how the American health care system works... A couple of Christmases ago, I had an infected tooth from a root canal that had gone bad. I was in excruciating pain, and because it was during the holiday season, there wasn't a single dentist's office open anywhere within a 100 mile radius. I ended up having to go to an Urgent Care clinic. I saw a doctor for about 15 minutes, and she gave me a prescription for common antibiotics, and a nurse gave me a couple of shots, and they sent me on my way. The cost of that visit was around $2000. Fortunately, my insurance through my job paid for most of it, but why should my health care depend on my job? That's the U S of A for ya! That is an insane amount of money for a couple shots, antibiotics and a 15 min visit. Wow 🤯 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,835 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 15 hours ago, PartySick said: Same. Especially since forgiving current student loans does nothing to prevent other students from burying themselves in debt in the future. Free college needs to happen first, then loan forgiveness. But I'd also love to be able to go to the doctor regularly I literally haven't been in years 'cause the cost accumulates so damn fast and insurance covers nothing. I agree 100%. This may not be a popular stance givin the ppl currently in student debt are not gonna have a bias free opinion But i still think simply cancelling student debt without also doing something to actually target the root cause of the problem (really high tuition) will be worse in the long run as students may no longer be as concerned about piling on debt thinking if the Government cancelled it once they may do it again and bury themselves even more than this generation and with a higher willingness to spend if they are less worried about debt colledges and Universities may therefore have the power to charge even more No we need to stop always just making economic decisions that help in the immediate term for a few years but cause more harm long term. We keep doing that over and over again... never going to root causes and just fixing symptoms with a bandaid Its part of the reason our Nations are bankrupt in debt, why our economies cant handle anything more than rock bottom low interest rates and why a proper solid economic recovery economists and politicians keep seeing right up ahead consistently disapoints Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlash 14,539 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Meanwhile here in Germany: What are medical bills? Anyway, good step forward. Maybe some day, US citizens don't need to pay anything anymore, either (well, excluding the monthly insurance fee, ofc ) Ew, David! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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