so, are you not insured then?
what happens if you break your arm? get hit by a car? get pneumonia? a cold and need meds? skiing accidents?
perfect example; my brother is a chef. he is also allergic to a lot of things. he sometimes has eczema outbreaks, and that just so happened on the job, so he's going about his life, as per usual, and then one day he realizes his hands are swollen, and he can't move his middle finger. so he checks into the hospital. well, i'd say the only flaw in canadian health system is the wait times, which seriously depends on which hospital you go to, and the food, but all in all, i digress... so after 8 hrs of waiting room(checked in saturday night, got a room sunday morning, we only get a phone call on monday. he's on morphine and had his hand and finger slices opened because he has a bacterial infection in his blood. in the end, he spent a whole entire week in the hospital. yes we have insurance, would he be covered completely, no. so, he got free medication, free food everyday, and a free bed and medical assistance, all for the price of everyone's, including his own, tax dollars, which you know, when you don't have money, is a fucking bonus.
why can't you people look at this situation as an investment? no one ever expected him to be in a hospital, but it happened, and he's a normal person, living a normal life, like everyone else. and if my mom didn't have insurance, which he shouldn't even be covered by anymore, and we didn't have the medical system we do, he could either owe hundreds or thousands of dollars, or be dead. this is the reality of the situation that i don't see or understand why any of you can't grasp this concept.
if you believe in retirement funds, and saving for the future, fucking believe in your health care system, for gods sake.
as americans you're supposed to be proud and welcoming. you're supposed to be independent and free. yet all you do is oppress and deny. give it a break already.
you know what i love. i love the fact that when i feel like shit i can walk down the street and get medical assistance if i really need it. that's comforting as heck.
