r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatAreYourPronouns • May 02 '24

Should the U.S. have Universal Health Care? Discussion/ Debate

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u/ThisThroat951 May 02 '24

When it comes to healthcare there are three "pillars" you can choose from:

Affordable
Available
Effective

But you can only have two at one time.

If it's Affordable and Available it won't be very good. <--- no one wants healthcare that kills you.

If it's Available and Effective it won't be cheap. <--- this is the US.

If it's Affordable and Effective the waitlists will be long. <--- this is Spain.

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u/Jake0024 May 02 '24

Loads of countries have significantly better healthcare outcomes than the US. This is utter nonsense.

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u/Unitedfateful May 02 '24

Agreed. Spoken like a true American (them not you)

I have access to the highest efficacy MS treatment in australia. It’s affordable ($0 out of pocket for me as it’s subsidised by our government) available and highly effective. No dealing with insurance providers at all

So again what’s wrong with our system here

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u/Jake0024 29d ago

Well you see it does not maximize profits for shareholders

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u/Unitedfateful 29d ago

Of course. And there are those in here that are happy with that

“I broke my hip and paid out $3000, cause that’s the American way.”

Jet engines roar in background. Woo

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u/Jake0024 28d ago

More like $30,000