You don't have to convince me. I think is it positively *immoral* that families go bankrupt to pay for a child's leukemia treatment, or have to sell their house to pay for dad's heart by-pass surgery.
And the arguments against socialized medicine are outrageous. "Oh, we can't pick our own doctors." Bullshit. Your insurance company makes you pick from their list or ASSIGNS you a doc--so what's the difference here? "We'll have to wait months for surgery or appointments." Obviously, they've never tried to get an appointment with a specialist or a surgeon lately.
Like you, I have good insurance. It paid for all my well checks (except for the $30 co-pay), my mammogram and follow-up ultrasound. But I'm also paying $500 out of pocket per month for the premium. I have great doctors. I have a level 1 trauma center 10 minutes from my house. But I'm ready for this country to change.
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Date: 2010-10-20 04:38 pm (UTC)And the arguments against socialized medicine are outrageous. "Oh, we can't pick our own doctors." Bullshit. Your insurance company makes you pick from their list or ASSIGNS you a doc--so what's the difference here? "We'll have to wait months for surgery or appointments." Obviously, they've never tried to get an appointment with a specialist or a surgeon lately.
Like you, I have good insurance. It paid for all my well checks (except for the $30 co-pay), my mammogram and follow-up ultrasound. But I'm also paying $500 out of pocket per month for the premium. I have great doctors. I have a level 1 trauma center 10 minutes from my house. But I'm ready for this country to change.