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Originally Posted by Ledgem
Agreed, but people get afraid when they hear "socialized healthcare." I guess it brings up images of Communism to them, even though our police force and fire department are socialized as well. I don't hear anyone complaining about that, and I dare say that having paid-for fire and police services would probably be disastrous.
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I love how they've managed to spin Universal Healthcare as something evil and communist in the U.S. I mean I'm glad knowing that if I get sick I can be guaranteed Health Care and attention. All those stories that you hear about shortages of hospital beds just aren't true. What is true is that they will usually send you home as soon as they know you are well enough to leave, which is often overnight since many emergency room visits are quicky prescription fixes. Sometimes people complain that they are sent home to soon because they think they are still ill and sometimes the waiting list for certain procedures can be several months, but you are ultimately going to get the procedure, whereas in a private health care system if you can't afford the procedure or your insurance company won't cover it then you never will. I can't even fathom how to justify a system that will let it's citizens get really sick and sometimes die just because they can't afford to pay a bill.
Life is more precious than money and it almost seems criminal.