• NotSteve_@piefed.caEnglish
    34·
    13 days ago

    I hate that the US has such a shit health system just because it makes Canadians content with our current dysfunctional system. Like yeah, at least we’re far better than the US, true, but why must we even compare ourselves to that train wreck of a country

    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      12 days ago

      As someone stuck in this train wreck of a country, please don’t compare yourselves to us. It makes us feel worse when everybody stares. :(

      (In all seriousness, though, please feel free to annex us.)

  • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    12 days ago

    I want to emphasize that insurance does not function to GRANT healthcare but to DENY it. Doctors grant healthcare as providers. When they prescribe it, they’ve granted it. Then insurance steps in and says, “wait a minute.” Their only function is to deny medical care. Not pay for it - the patient does that through premiums etc. To deny it. So why do we need a healthcare DENIAL system?

    The answer for why corporations need private insurance denials, is because of Hot Coffee, Bleeding Edge, Erin Brokovich - we could class action sue over the bad and contaminated products companies sell us, because it would be able to be detected. Flint, MI, was caught by testing a kid on Medicare - because they have access to healthcare. The FDA, USDA, etc should actually pay for Medicare for all to GUARANTEE their work in making sure products are safe imo. Why should I have to pay for the government’s failure to do their job? They should guarantee it and track it so they can do their jobs.