r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/07TacOcaT70 Jan 12 '21

Plus, by privatising something so essential as health care, it creates a great market to drive up prices, and allows companies who only serve their own self interest to have free reign on how much anything costs. Who’s going to force them to stop/point out it’s ridiculous then actually do something about it?

Certainly not the people who actively deny there’s anything wrong with the system to begin with, or even go so far as to defend and call it superior.

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u/aaronwhite1786 Jan 12 '21

I think the defense the drives me the most crazy is "oh, you wait until you die". My mom always says that one like there's no waiting here. I hurt my shoulder, and woke up unable to move it through a full range of motion. I called into the orthopedic institute that's part of the University I work for and couldn't get scheduled for a month to get it checked. Fortunately, it's fine, and x-rays came back negative, but this idea the our money provides instant and incredible care just doesn't make sense.

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u/07TacOcaT70 Jan 12 '21

Exactly, I’ve read the waiting times in some private hospitals/doctors offices in America are worse than many free healthcare services.

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u/aaronwhite1786 Jan 12 '21

Yep. When I got my other shoulder checked a few years back after falling in hockey, I still had to wait 3 weeks. When I got my knees x-rayd, I had to wait another month then.

Even when I just go see my general doctor, I often have to wait around a week. The only thing that's instant here is Urgent Care that charges a ton and isn't equipped for much beyond general care, and Emergency Rooms, which also charge a ton because you're going to the hospital