Health Care..what do you think?

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

But the problems in your system are more fundamental than that. Even if you have health care coverage, you had better not get seriously ill. The co-pays, alone, will pauper you.

And here you are being sold a bill of goods about our healthcare system. This is only the case if your insurance is not particularly good. The value of anecdotal evidence is limited, but I know a number of people who have been seriously ill (primarily various cancers as well as some childbirth issues) and it hasn't come close to making any of them broke. Personally I had shoulder surgery requiring 3 months of rehabilitation. Total cost to me for everything was around $400. Sure, it happens to some people, but nowhere close to a majority.

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The upshot is that each system excels in its own way. Ours can be improved. So can yours.

I agree that our system can be improved, as I have stated repeatedly. I don't think this bill will do it though.