Comment Re:Rose-tinted view indeed (Score 1) 634
> Ah, the chutzpa of the American winger. Call bullshit, then spout off a bunch of nonsense that's nothing but bullshit.
Ad hominem attacks. I'm not a right winger. I'm a Libertarian.
> Bullshit. If that were the case, you'd be rattling off how this single payer country doesn't cover cancer treatments, and that one doesn't cover organ transplants. You don't because you can't.
You'll note that in Canada and Mexico people are opting for private insurance precisely because the government run single-payer system is frequently not covering these costs.
> Bullshit. They only have to get you healthy long enough to get out the door. And their bill collectors will hound you as long as they are legally allowed to and quite possibly past that as well.
They save your life and then you go bankrupt, precisely as I said. You're the one who is lying. And they don't harass you forever. Once you declare bankruptcy, the bill is absolved. And we have legislation precisely for this. Part of the cost of health care in this country is the hospitals getting tax writeoffs for these unpaid bills, which is why hospitals list bullshit, artificial costs for their services. Ibuprofen doesn't cost $200, but it is listed that way on a hospital bill to pad their tax write offs.
> Which Democrats are those? Certainly not the ones in the White House or in Congress, since they are the right wingers who first killed the possibility of single payer, then traded away the public option to the hospital lobby, and finally passed the Heritage Foundation plan/Romneycare.
You mean like the President, who repeatedly said he wants a single-payer system. What he describes exists in Canada and Mexico, where only the rich get the best care.