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Originally Posted by Fede DPT
So because 2 of the thousands of diplomats in the world have come to the U.S for health care, that totally nullfies the 49 million Americans without healthcare?Originally Posted by KanyeWestJayZ4life
Originally Posted by Fede DPT
Name me 3 diplomats who did this. No one is claiming U.S doesn't have good treatment available, they just don't have good treatment available to the majority of Americans. The reason these other countries are better ranked us is because they don't have to choose between getting health care or being debt free, which is a real life decision for me and a large number of other Americans.Originally Posted by KanyeWestJayZ4life
Explain to me why we have Diplomats from ALL OVER THE WORLD to come to the U.S. to get treatment? I mean, if its so great overseas and ours is so terrible, why come here?
Off of the top of my head Canada's parliament member Belinda Stronach recieved breast cancer treatment in California and Silvio Berlusconi received treatment for his prostate cancer.
You do know that
Illness and medical bills caused half of the 1,458,000 personal bankruptcies in 2001, according to a study published by the journal
Read more: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/bankruptcy_study.html#ixzz0M3DJRrHh
And even worst
The study estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans annually -- counting debtors and their dependents, including about 700,000 children.
Surprisingly, most of those bankrupted by illness had health insurance.
We really going to play this game? You asked me to name diplomats and I did. Canada is so great, right? Why would someone from parliament come here for treatment if its so great? Same thing goes for Berlusconi?
49 million Americans dont have insurance? Dude, there are 12-15 million ILLEGAL immigrants in this country, so knock off that from the 49 million and a large population of that earns over 70k a year and can afford to buy insurance but CHOOSE not to have it, why? Because they are still young and it doesnt make sense to pay $150-200 a month for a single person who doesnt get sick. I'm 25, I don't have health insurance. I havent seen a doctor in 5 years for being sick, why would pay $150 a month on something I dont need? I currently make $10k a year because I'm not done with school entirely, but if it so happens I do get sick I can afford to pay $65 to the the doctor and pay what ever it costs for antibiotics rather than wasting money.
Whatever, I'm done arguing, I can't believe somebody is as foolish as you. Keep living life with no insurance. Our health system is justdandy because two foreign leaders got treated here.
My momma told me not to argue with fools.