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Originally Posted by Mutt
That's the philosophy of it - that good healthcare should be for everybody regardless of their station in life. It's a huge load on taxpayers and depending on the type of illness you have can be dangerous to your life.
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Sure.. would consider healthcare to be a basic human right - it's the only healthcare I've ever known and can think of many people who are thankful for that over their lifetimes. I'd be more than happy to pay extra for people who may not earn much to ensure they all get full healthcare.
One particular US friend had severe healthcare problems - after having "served" the US well. Because of that favorite "pre-existing condition" excuse and having paid out a substantial lump of money - there were no funds left. That was the first clue I ever knew anything was wrong with US healthcare - where it would allow anyone with a very serious condition to go untreated. I ended up paying a substantial amount to complete the treatment and all is well now - but annoying that a "first league country" can't actually take care of it's own people.
It's worth noting that tho we many moan about costs in universal healthcare countries - it's still a lot cheaper per person for taxation in healthcare than it is in the US. Bets on - if the US provided a universal healthcare option - the overall current costs would sink over a few years when the preventative medicine element kicks in.