07-14-2012, 04:03 AM
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MURICAN
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 5,136
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Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde
I really find it hard to believe how, as a first world nation, it could be really worse than it is now. Most of the people talking shit about how "health care quality will go down" haven't spent a lick of fucking time in other countries, and don't know many people from first world nations with socialized healthcare. Not a single one of my Canadian, English, or Australian friends have near the amount of complaints many injured or sick Americans have. DH is a prime example of sheltered, American ignorance in this regard -- cue "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" quote.
Best response I have ever seen to those who claim good health and not needing mandatory insurance, or to those who think that we should have little to no sympathy to our fellow humans:
"Conditions develop pretty fast."
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You couldn't be more wrong. England is 10X worse. It's so fucked I don't even want to talk about it. Kremlin went to the doctor something like 8 FUCKING TIMES before somebody would finally read his MRI and confirm that yes, he tore his pectoral. I pay for American health insurance just because the English system is so bad that if I ever actually need care I'm hopping on the first plane to USA to get treatment.
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