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I was talking with my grandmother and dad about health care over christmas.
My dad had gone to Canada for business and he brought up how they had healthcare for all the citizens, not just the ones who could afford it.
My grandma says "well yah, but if you have to wait for up to 6 months for an operation, then whats the point?"
I responded with "Yah, you may have to wait a bit, usually just a few weeks, but at least you are going to get it. If you can't afford it here, you don't get it at all."
I don't see how anyone could be so self-centered that they can fail to see that elderly are having to choose between paying for medications or paying the rent. That most small businesses can no longer afford to give healthcare to their employees because the price for a plan is so expensive.
And whats even more criminal is the fact that HMO's will fight you when you need the healthcare. I almost died of viral pneumonia when I was 11 because my HMO didn't want to admit me to the hospital and wanted to keep on bacterial antibiotics which had done nothing. I am lucky my mother is a nurse and had a doctor friend who was willing to put his license on the line to get me admitted, else I wouldn't be typing this today.
Not to mention that doctors in this country are leaving their practices in swarms because HMO's take up to a year or more just to pay a bill. (Among other things)
All of you who think that having FREE/AFFORDABLE healthcare for everybody is a bad idea should be ashamed of yourselves.
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