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17 days left
Healthcare should be a universal right provided by the government
Single-payer vs private insurance: which serves people better?
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Agree
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1 day ago
My insurance company denied coverage for a procedure my doctor said I needed. Some random bureaucrat overruled my physician. How is that better than government healthcare?
1 day ago
Medicare runs at like 2% overhead. Private insurers are at 15-20%. All that difference is going to marketing, CEO salaries, and shareholder profits. It's wasteful.
1 day ago
This completely ignores why people on the other side feel the way they do.
1 day ago
Every other developed country has figured this out - Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia. Are we really saying all of them are wrong and we're the only ones who got it right?
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1 day ago
If you want to wait six months for an MRI like they do in Canada, sure, go universal. I like being able to see a specialist next week.
1 day ago
The problem with this argument is it assumes everyone's situation is the same.
1 day ago
America leads the world in medical innovation. New drugs, new treatments - they're developed here because there's profit incentive. Remove that and innovation dies.
1 day ago
I don't want the government deciding what procedures I can get. At least now I can switch insurance companies. Can't switch governments.