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In reply to the discussion: Why are Americans so resistant to Universal Healthcare? [View all]Doreen
(11,686 posts)and can afford to go to many countries for their fun is that if they got sick or injured in "oh, lets say Germany" even they as a foreigner would not have to pay or if they had to pay it would be so damn little it would be less than pocket change for them. Some here would say "we should not have to pay for non-citizens?" Well a big part is those are people you know other "human beings" and also if you take care of those rich tourists they will come back and spend money for your economy. Since college is free there there is never a shortage of doctors like people here try to say there is. Their medicine is as advanced as ours if not more in some fields. They are also big on preventive and naturalistic medicine. People tend to not get sick as much which keeps the price down and make the single payer work for everybody.