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Originally Posted by Shunt1
Three years ago, I crashed my airplane and my spine was shattered. The hospital costs were well over $500,000 to repare my spine.
It took me over six months before I could walk once again.
Yes, this outstanding health care was obtained for a simple "working stiff" on a "Blue Cross / Blue Shield" plan, which was provided by the company that I work for. The company does not actually pay for this health care plan, since the actual costs are deducted from my paycheck each month.
For a cost of $300 per month, this "horrible American health care" was able to fully repair me. The doctors and nurses were absolutly outstanding, and I could not ask for anything better.
Today, I can fly airplanes once again.
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If you take the time to read the thread you will see that pretty much everyone agrees that if you have the money to pay for it, US health care is very very good.
What some are suggesting is "horrible" about it is not the standard of care, it is the fact that only those with the money to pay for it have real access to it.
How about those who can't pay the $300 a month? I'm not talking about junkie crack whores or welfare cheats either. I'm talking about those who work hard in low paying jobs who just can't afford it. Single mothers whose husbands have run off with a younger women leaving them with 3 kids and 3 jobs to pay the bills? What about small business owners doing their best to provide for their families and employees? Waiters/watresses who scrap out a living on tips because their wage is so pathetic? Farmers? And lets not forget all those people now unemployed because of the unhindered greed and bad business practices by the banks that caused the GFC. Now they all have no health insurance through no fault of their own.
I know, I know........not your problem, they should get a better job right?
Nice to live in a world where the socio-economic reality doesn't really have any effect on you isn't it?
Cheers,
PKFFW