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In reply to the discussion: The reason Healthcare is so expensive in this country [View all]CTyankee
(63,769 posts)25. I traveled to Europe each year for 10 consecutive years to research art works and history. In each
country I made it a practice to ask Europeans if they wanted "American style health care" and they all said NO! They said that they were happy with their doctors. That there was no "rationing."
We were fed bullshit and lies. Come to find out they were backed by large medical "providers" and health care and drug companies.
There are large swaths of this country who believe these lies because they don't know any better. If they did, they would have their eyes opened.
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It is for profit. Unfortunately, which politicians are going to tell doctors, nurses,
Hoyt
Sep 2021
#4
Exactly. Our nurses and doctors make more than counterparts in Britain, Germany, etc.
Hoyt
Sep 2021
#6
Malpractice caps is what we were told in Texas would lower HC cost and it didn't. The MPI didn't go
uponit7771
Sep 2021
#26
In a word, greed... I've worked in hospitals for many decades and if the money is there...
mitch96
Sep 2021
#10
Health insurance, the more medical costs are the larger the profits are. If they pay out $100
doc03
Sep 2021
#11
One risk pool is a health care system. Multiple risk pools is an investment scheme.
Ron Green
Sep 2021
#15
Health care does not need to be that expensive but the system supports it. For goodness sake,
akbacchus_BC
Sep 2021
#16
We were told again and again that we "don't want socialized medicine" cuz you can't pick your own
CTyankee
Sep 2021
#23
I traveled to Europe each year for 10 consecutive years to research art works and history. In each
CTyankee
Sep 2021
#25
Shareholders are the 21st century gods. And we continue to sacrifice grandma's health to them.
lindysalsagal
Sep 2021
#28