As long as politicians keep pushing their idiotic beliefs that universal healthcare is not sustainable and bad and socialist and basically the final step to communism, nothing will change in the US. The healthcare system is founded on greed and profit, instead of care. That's why insurers, instead of doctors, decide what treatment patients get. And as a result people die because they get the necessary treatment too late or not at all.

Stop saying The US is a first world country. The only reason you are is economically and we all know the 98% of your economy belongs to the 1%. That one percent gets to live first world in a third world country

Not being from the US it seems insane that doctors have to be calling for approval and all of this before they can save you. Or you are left with massive bills for the rest of your life. Maybe there is no easy solution there since many of Americans still don't think universal healthcare is going to help. Where I am, you go to the hospital, they do anything to help without fear of costs or approvals, you leave and that's it. No bills, no invoices, no collectors calling.

the simple reason this is the case is because half the country are morons who don't live in reality - and their votes show it

Sorry folks, but YOU KEEP ELECTING the sociopaths that suck the c***s that spew the HC lobby money. There is no ethical, moral, CHRISTIAN, or sane reason you should be enduring that bullshit in the richest country on the planet

You forget that the US has become a huge shithole in the last 20-30 years. You have the largest unemployment rate ever, you die on the streets or in the front of your hospitals, you f**k up the environment, you went so far with the racism crap that now white people are discriminated against (you don't know what balance means) , you have the worst education system in the world, you don't own anything except the clothes on your backs (most of your possessions are property of the banks), you sue everybody for any imbecile reason like falling down cuz you are an idiot that doesn't know that ice or water makes the floor/road slippery, you are all in a TON of debt, your "country" has the largest external debt from all over the world, you pay electric bills of hundreds of thousands in Texas because everything is dictated by corporations. You have the largest army budget while you sold your freedom and your life quality (most of the country is overweight and on antidepressants)... You are nothing more then a methhead indoctrinated bully, living in a trailer park. Remember when everybody looked up to you?? Well, it's LOOOONG GONE. I can honestly tell you that no other country in the world has all of these issues. Consider that Texas, now, is in the same situation as some countries in Africa...with no electricity, drinkable water, and the rest standing issues. No other country in the world takes it up the ass so good as you do from the corporations that run the country. Congrats Murica!!!

What is wrong with the USA?

I thoroughly enjoyed the irony of using the government stimulus money to pay the medical bills the government insurance refused to pay in the first place. I've been on private insurance and now have state medical due to disability. It doesn't matter what insurance you have, you'll still be asked to gain prior approval before even dying is allowed. It sucks and leaves many of us in debt and/or trying to cope with treatable issues/symptoms just bc insurance said no. Ugh.

Remember when healthcare reform was being debated and the retarded conservatives said that under the proposed reforms, "death panels" would decide people's health care? They were (and still are) too stupid to understand that we have that right now, it's just that the "death panels" are run by insurance companies trying to make a profit. Much better, isn't it? Republicans are underhanded, corporate-ball-licking, evil f***s, and poor people who vote for them are dumb as a box of rocks.

I've had plenty Americans slag the UK NHS off telling me their healthcare is the best in the world. Yeah OK mate, I paid ten quid for tablets my mate paid 500 dollars for, I got sick pay, he didn't.

Welcome to America- where profits matter more than people.

I really try to understand this nonsense. What the f**k does it even mean that the doctor orders some examination and insurance company says NO. Unbelievable. Insane. I am from Italy, we have basic, free healthcare and though there are things we have to pay for but the biggest sum I ever had to pay was 36 euros!!!! Land of freedom?!

why is this still a thing? everybody in the world knows how screwed up this healthcare system is. but no one wants to do anything about it or change the thing. i'm out....

This is US sanitary system. Not at all a "first world country". Poor you.

US is crazy! I can find no other explanation. In Norway we pay for everything through taxes - and we earn enough to be wealthy still. Maybe because we don't need health insurance? At all? I birthed our baby, stayed in hospital a week. For free. She goes to school. For free. University has a symbolic fee, and she will need to buy her own books... covid treatment? Vaccine? Tests? Wanna guess the price tag? What we need we can afford. The end.

health insurance companies only look for their own benefits. They will try to not giving any coverage if possible, and find even a small unreasonable reason. Most of the times, it's just a waste of time & money. Regards, GBWhatsApp APK

Good for the doctor, there should be more like him!

America is messed up why is there war and no free health care in the UK we're pretty much free and only pet for dentist appointments and medication (if not prescribed) I'm 11 and have braces for free. I've needed several health care checks and medicine for free I was born 2 months early and with extra fingers why won't somebody sort America out

Just remember it was even worse before the US passed the affordable care act and the accessible care act. The US has a lot more work to do.

Unfortunately until the movement really focuses on Insurance companies as the enemies of universal healthcare we're not going to get anywhere in the US with incremental measures in regards to healthcare. Richer people will get all pearl clutching about having to get allegedly worst care (Which if you think the health care that regular people get is poor, then you've admitted there's an actual problem) and the companies themselves are going to lobby hard against it. I think we have to be uniform in the basic idea that the insurance industry has to die or else we're just circling the drain.

This post was bonkers. I live in Canada and LOVE universal health care. I am happy to pay taxes to ensure everyone gets access to quality medical care!

Had a stomach bug for days and couldn't stop throwing up. Started to feel faint because I couldn't even keep water down so I went to the ER for IV fluids and anti nausea med. was in the room for less than an hour, received 3/4 of a bag of saline and left with a $1100 bill. They refused to lower it or work with me on it. My entire stimulus check went to pay it. Still upset about it. Well I'm sorry, I guess I should have just passed out of dehydration and gone into shock.

Has severe nausea with my last pregnancy. Got anti-nausea pills. Insurance would only approve 30 pills every 3 weeks or something like that....of a med that you're supposed to take every 4 hours as needed 😑. They also would only cover a portion of the ambulance bill when I got transferred to a bigger hospital for heavy bleeding in the same pregnancy because it wasn't their approved company 🤨 leaving us almost $500 to pay on that. But the covered all hospital bills while I stayed for a month and then baby was in nicu for a month. 🤷‍♀️ go figure.

Y'know, that's one big broken system there. In Maldives, we have "aasandha" which works like an insurance: it lowers costs and sometimes cuts costs for medication, prescription, etc.

Why can people not believe how expensive health care is when every single illegal person that crosses the border gets free everything. The United States is so f****d up, nothing surprises me.

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Look, I get healthcare is broken, and its rapidly becoming toxic. I became almost suicidal because of the amount of money I now owe and will never be able to pay off. And the daily calls from collectors who have called me every day, called my family, mailed letters to my work, have dogged me since. Healthcare is broken. Universal healthcare will not make it better. The government bungles everything it touches. Look at every government institution. I wouldn't trust them with keeping a pet rat alive, much less my own healthcare.