02-07-2015, 03:50 PM
This is the real problem with life in America. I would love to come and live in America because there are so many things to enjoy - but the lack of a proper healthcare system is the main thing that puts me off.
I once heard an argument - from an "ordinary" worker - "Why should I pay [through higher taxes], because I am employed, for healthcare for some bum who can't be bothered to get a job?" Is that still a common view among voters in the US?
What I don't understand is: don't most Americans realise that at any moment they could lose their homes because of a medical condition? Is it 1 in 3 get cancer now? The other obvious point is this; how can even the most comfortably off Americans sleep at night knowing that people are being denied healthcare based on their ability to pay? Or even that a family has to trade between health and a home?
I once heard an argument - from an "ordinary" worker - "Why should I pay [through higher taxes], because I am employed, for healthcare for some bum who can't be bothered to get a job?" Is that still a common view among voters in the US?
What I don't understand is: don't most Americans realise that at any moment they could lose their homes because of a medical condition? Is it 1 in 3 get cancer now? The other obvious point is this; how can even the most comfortably off Americans sleep at night knowing that people are being denied healthcare based on their ability to pay? Or even that a family has to trade between health and a home?