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Originally Posted by the Shemp
i cant believe the misconceptions amercians have about universal health care...is it about the poor getting the same treatment as the rich? i think that must bother a lot of you...
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A lot of them don't realize the wait times currently seen in the ER are longer because they don't have universal care. They blame it on the uninsured and illegals flooding the ER. Which is true but the reason behind why they flood the ER escapes them. It's the only place they can go as a last measure for free care. If you had universal care where all were covered most of these people would seek out the family doctors and clinics for their minor ailments instead of flooding the ER and staff with things that are hardly emergencies. Not to mention when you nip things in the bud early in preventive health care instead of sick care, you also decrease the % of people in the ER for issues that became serious due to neglecting them at earlier stages due to having no coverage.
You lived in Bellingham, so you know the propaganda that gets tossed about and the lobbiests that ensure that myths get spewed as fact about health care in the US. When it gets driven at you over and over again from the top on down its pretty easy to take it as fact.