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In reply to the discussion: My experience with Universal health Care [View all]Diclotican
(5,095 posts)mountain grammy
I have always been confused about the fear many americans have against Universal Health care - or anything that smell "socialism" at all... It is not socialism to have Universal Health Care, it is just common sense in the country's who have it.. Yeah you pay some more taxes than in the US, but you is getting it back if you ever got really sick - or have to go to the hospital with a broken toe... (As I have experienced a few times) And the worst is, no death panels is around to decide if you are worthy of the medical attention or not... I have at least never experienced anything like a "death panel" who could decide it... Even though I did had a doctor who was somewhat rude against me one time when I was hospitalized this time, but for the most part they are professional and do their job according to the illness.. (I told the nurse after the fact, that I found it to be both rude and less than stellar from a doctor, and I suspect the nurse told him that - as he was much more polite the next day)
I'm maybe out on a limb here - but I found americans to be naive when it comes to other ways to make a system works - sometimes they are genius - other times they are outright stupid - and have no clue what so ever about the world outside their own state.. Sometimes it is mindbondling to put it kindly how ignorant some americans is.. Even if they have some great education, far more education than I would ever be able to get even if I had the grades to get the education....
Sometimes it looks like the american people found love in its ignorance about the world - and about something like Universal Health Care....
Diclotican