My father has a cyst in one kidney and stones in the other. His doctor keeps postponing his surgery. I thought this stuff only happened in countries with socialized health care.
Here's a horror story some would want you to believe only happened with "socialized medicine":
My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer last April. To cut to the chase, she's fine now and is fully recovered.
But getting back to the story, she was scheduled to start her chemotherapy when she got a call, from the doctor's office cancelling her chemotherapy because her insurance company wouldn't pay. Btw, my sister had been paying her premiums all along and the insurance company had no problem taking the money.
Finally, after nearly a week of fighting with the insurance company, they finally agreed to pay. Wasn't that big of them.
But, that only happens with "socialized medicine". Baloney.
If we want to compete in the global marketplace, we need NHC with a single payer system. This country's healthcare system went to hell when we moved from not-for-profit healthcare to for-profit healthcare. That's why it costs GM so much more in healthcosts than Toyota. It isn't the greedy unions as some would want you to believe. It's the system itself. Japan has NHC and the US doesn't. That's why it costs less for Toyota. Want to level the playing field? Nationalize healthcare and get the Wall Street investors out of healthcare.
Do I want government involved in my healthcare? Damned right I do. I'd rather my healthcare system be run by an entity that is accountable to taxpayers/voters than a nameless, faceless group of Wall Street investors who would rather people drop dead than pay a claim and cut into their profits.
And for all those people who are soooo happy with their employer-
subsidized healthcare, my sister was laid off last week. She has no health insurance right now and it isn't likely she's going to get it being a cancer survivor.
for your sister.
you too!
