I know that a lot of Americans are resistant to the idea of socialized medicine. I am not saying they are wrong, but since my country has such a system in place and it seems to work, I really don't understand why Americans don't even want to try and test it on a small scale to see whether it might work for them too.

And on Obamacare, there seems to be a huge divide, and this divide lies along party lines. Seems that a lot of right-wingers are against it and Dem-voting/left-wingers are for it. Or is it the other way around? Anyway share why you like or dislike the Obamacare.

Oh and how you think you would solve the problem of a large swath of people not being able to afford reasonable health care.

The medical field has been corrupted.
You will find no healing there.
Only "treatments" for symptoms that are criminally expensive.

Homeopathy is your best option.
Do the homework and heal yourself.
I did.

Obamacare was a start at an attempt of a single payer however the implementation was clunky and poor, leading to a catalyzed rise in corporate health care which is not in America’s best interest

America is far too fragmented, with Bought and paid for politicians and their sheep followers, it is unlikely any reasonable single payer healthcare system will pass in the near future because people fear “socialism”

A single payer system with private insurance supplementation is close to the ideal scenario here, but you only are eligible for this over the age of 65

It is terrible having to choose between first line medications for patients and sub par alternatives because of insurance denials. This is the problem that plagues American healthcare

/rant

This post was edited by Bazi on Oct 9 2023 04:55pm

You back for more verbal destruction or are you going to run away...again?

The jury is still out on Canadian style single-payer, but I don't think it's going to make it. The government can only run healthcare that way by squeezing costs, which brings about mandatory shortages. There are some alternatives with more promise.

Obamacare ushered in the era of state ensured private profit. It's the worst of all worlds.

Well, tbh, here we do experience shortages in medical resources. Doctors, nurses, emergency wait time, everything is short. People waiting for months for life-saving surgeries isn't unheard of. But I think the main reason for that is too many immigrants being let in, in too short of a time. I don't think it's the inherent failing of socialized medicine.



So how would you fix the problem of a lot of Americans not having medical coverage? Pretend that you are the POTUS for one second.

You act like the American system doesn't have enforced shortages through insurance premiums lol

One serious growing problem in the US, very much in my region is health care access in rural communities. It's backsliding to situations where there is no OBGYN for vast territories, limited or no intensive care for baby/todlers, or just lower qualified staff providing health care. Even the big providers out of the larger cities have wait lists for basic services like hearing tests for children. If you are covered, you are paying huge monthly premiums, put on long ass wait lists, and then stuck with the majority of the bill anyway until your insurance calculus decides they've tapped your wallet enough. Meanwhile, billing has bloated what actually happened at the hospital or clinic with obscure codes that someone who has no knowledge of what transpired from a billing office has to explain to you and waste more of your time and administration overhead.

#endrant

So if you could pass any law you wanted (pretend for one minute that you are POTUS), what would you do to solve these problems?

Also, what is your party affiliation, if you don't mind telling me.