Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Interesting video. It shows you what a downright strange place America seems to be. I thought the guy throwing money at the Parkinson's guy was a complete twat. Since when has healthcare for all simply been a government handout? I'm quite against people scrounging off the government, but certainly not when it goes as far as denying them access to a doctor if they need it. I thought the black woman at the end spoke the most sense. Everyone who works hard deserves health coverage.

My issue with the US system is the whole use of insurance companies who decide whether you see a doctor or not. Insurance companies need to be taken out of the equation because they exist simply to make a profit and keep investors happy. It should be a system set up by the government where people can see a doctor whenever they want. Health care is a basic right, not a luxury item.
You pretty much summed it up right there. I have a cousin who was born with a hole in her heart. In America, because her parents have no money she would not have been able to get the best medical care, and I would suspect she would have died. Thankfully here the doctors performed a miracle & kept her alive even though when she was born she was given only a 10% chance of survival. I suspect that even a mortgaged home on behalf of everyone in the family wouldn't have convinced an insurance company that 10% was worth trying to save the life of someone's child.