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As an American, I am *sooooo* frustrated with our system.
The only reason we do not have national health care is because our Congress critters work for the corporations (who provide their campaign donations) instead of actually working the citizens of this nation. Surveys show a large majority of Americans want universal coverage but the conservatives like to pretend that there is actually an issue to be debated.
The "debate" is showing TV clips of people all wound up by inaccurate news coverage ranting and screaming, while thousands of people every year are forced to declare bankruptcy and lose their homes because of huge medical bills.
People here in the states seem to forget that health insurance companies exist to make money. They make money by charging high premiums and then doing everything they can to deny coverage when you actually get sick and want to use the "insurance" you've been paying for all along.
Conservatives are opposed to national healthcare until they get sick and don't have the means to pay for coverage.
I live about 10 miles from the Canadian border and the opinion I consistently hear from my enlightened neighbors to the North is "You Yanks are crazy for tolerating that system."
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