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Originally Posted by Bladewire
Huh.. so that's why every Western nation on Earth , but America, has affordable and/or free public healthcare with meds 90% less than what we pay. Got it
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honestly, there is no real way to make healthcare affordable or free, it is a trap on it's own
lemme explain how it is in my country and everywhere where it is free (probably better in super rich countries like Norway and such, but no one can compete with that):
PROS
- it is "FREE"
CONS
- you get an added tax or expense for it, automatically deducted from your salary / profit / whatever, which means it isn't really free (example being, I pay around 100$ / month)
- it is pretty low quality in most places (like, 1 new hospital - good, 9 old ones - crap)
- WAITING PERIODS ARE INSANE (example, to get a "free" MRI of my back I was supposed to wait for 12 full months, so I simply popped 300$ to get it in a privately owned clinic)
- surgery waiting periods are so big to the point that for most stuff, you'd want to stick a knife and do it yourself if you can't afford private clinic
- once again, waiting periods are insane - I can't even stress it how big, to the point where people would be dying if they would actually be waiting for free healthcare schedule
- constant problem with rare diseases (those rare ones with a handful of patients that need very very expensive monthly therapy that costs $$$$), healthcare is always too broke to have a steady supply of their stuff too
- I have all dental stuff covered in my free healthcare but I haven't visited a "free" dentist in probably 15 years or so, I do all my shit in private dental clinics
- list goes on... and on........