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ForgoTheConsequence

(4,846 posts)
82. So go find a libertarian website.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 03:53 PM
Mar 2016

It isn't "far left" to think a person should be able to see a doctor without facing financial devastation. You have no clue what "far left" is.

People don't value what's free [View all] auntpurl Mar 2016 OP
Ancedotes from across the pond not withstanding, are you really begrudging people for seeing a doc? DFab420 Mar 2016 #1
Yes, I absolutely begrudge people who waste doctors' time. auntpurl Mar 2016 #3
What about those who need a doctors note just to have a sick day artislife Mar 2016 #29
It is a law in the UK that employers ask for a doctors note after 5 days off sick. auntpurl Mar 2016 #42
We are not that lucky here. I missed a half day and needed one for work. Autumn Mar 2016 #71
I am American. auntpurl Mar 2016 #74
It won't be free, our taxes would pay for it. As it is our tax dollars pay for those Autumn Mar 2016 #77
I have a friend who wound up partially paralyzed because he dropped a dresser on his toe. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #64
Do you have hard statistics to prove this narrative accounts for the debt? Ash_F Mar 2016 #73
I, for one, value free things: Air free of pollutants, Water free of toxic fracking solution! TheBlackAdder Mar 2016 #92
i think this is a legitimate PoV redruddyred Mar 2016 #107
Gonna have to agree Fairgo Mar 2016 #5
I'm not advocating trashing the NHS. auntpurl Mar 2016 #8
You've forgotten your civics class. Sanders is a US Senator riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #44
Do you have a link for that? auntpurl Mar 2016 #55
You are welcome to change your system all you like. theaocp Mar 2016 #2
We pay a fortune in taxes for the NHS auntpurl Mar 2016 #4
Faint at how much our defense budget is by comparison. theaocp Mar 2016 #19
Changing the defense budget in America is going to be an uphill battle auntpurl Mar 2016 #46
It might be your system but you don't have to use it do you? Autumn Mar 2016 #69
So you aren't complaining that it's "free", you're compaining about "taxes". delrem Mar 2016 #87
mostly that sort of thing is viral redruddyred Mar 2016 #108
People only value health when it costs as much as a house? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #6
thank you. And since when is paying taxes "free"? dana_b Mar 2016 #9
At the point of purchase, it's free. auntpurl Mar 2016 #14
I'm a nurse dana_b Mar 2016 #34
Sincere question: are they not eligible for ACA? auntpurl Mar 2016 #49
I know. It doesn't cover enough dana_b Mar 2016 #59
That is awful. auntpurl Mar 2016 #61
I agree with you dana_b Mar 2016 #62
Sure it's covered, if you can afford to pay your share. If you can't no worry, just have a bakesale. Autumn Mar 2016 #70
american hospitals brewing superbugs very quickly too redruddyred Mar 2016 #109
Uh, no. auntpurl Mar 2016 #10
There's a big scale between £10 to go to the doctor lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #60
+1,000,000 phantom power Mar 2016 #72
It isn't free. Duh. demmiblue Mar 2016 #7
No it isn't. It costs an absolute fortune. auntpurl Mar 2016 #11
Lol, ok. You do realize you are on a Democratic board? n/t demmiblue Mar 2016 #28
I sure do. auntpurl Mar 2016 #52
Beats the hell out of paying insurance premiums only to have coverage denied. arcane1 Mar 2016 #78
When you say it costs a fortune compared to our system in jwirr Mar 2016 #113
Nothing is free hibbing Mar 2016 #102
"People go to the doctor for seriously ANYTHING here." Wilms Mar 2016 #12
Sure. auntpurl Mar 2016 #16
Thanks. Interesting to note. Wilms Mar 2016 #35
It definitely does. There's been research. auntpurl Mar 2016 #56
Might have been an idea to come in with that research. Wilms Mar 2016 #67
So how do you feel about Medicaid and Medicare? jwirr Mar 2016 #114
I really think you are in the wrong place. kiva Mar 2016 #13
I've been posting on DU since 2002 auntpurl Mar 2016 #18
And why does that matter? kiva Mar 2016 #27
No Kidding...nt Jesus Malverde Mar 2016 #58
That's nice ibegurpard Mar 2016 #15
It's only my opinion. auntpurl Mar 2016 #22
Your OP is not moderate. It's conservative. nt stillwaiting Mar 2016 #32
Indeed ibegurpard Mar 2016 #53
I'm fiscally conservative, yes. auntpurl Mar 2016 #65
So go find a libertarian website. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2016 #82
The perfect conservative. Lecturing some to accept crumbs while you feast at a banquet. Autumn Mar 2016 #93
Autumn have I told you lately that I love you. jwirr Mar 2016 #116
Ae- shucks, not lately, I love you too Autumn Mar 2016 #117
TY jwirr Mar 2016 #118
You're a US expat living in a country with the best universal plan in the world, delrem Mar 2016 #105
so, should we charge for High School? Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #17
Of course not. auntpurl Mar 2016 #26
I agree with Bernie and disagree with you. 50 years ago, you may be right but no longer. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #37
a basic education ... beedle Mar 2016 #45
earning a dgree... BigMin28 Mar 2016 #86
Hypocondriacs go to the ER here instead nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #20
People go to A&E here too. You know why? auntpurl Mar 2016 #30
And... so let me see nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #31
We get 5 days total without a note. alarimer Mar 2016 #94
Tom's place of employment requires one for 3 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #98
Adults understand these programs aren't "free" katsy Mar 2016 #21
K-12 is basic education. Everyone should get that. auntpurl Mar 2016 #36
your junior doctors suck redruddyred Mar 2016 #110
I'm sure rich people avoid doctors for minor ailments and demand to pay tuition. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #23
go ahead and make people in the UK pay for healthcare like us and see how that goes. litlbilly Mar 2016 #24
Not like you, but SOMETHING. GPs are in favour of it. auntpurl Mar 2016 #38
I dont think the UK is a good model because you have the same or close to the same litlbilly Mar 2016 #41
This may be the dumbest rationale for denying Americans a better life I've seen on DU whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #25
No, something in between. auntpurl Mar 2016 #40
NO it cant, as long as the insurance companies are involved, where they just take peoples money litlbilly Mar 2016 #43
You're a real brit? whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #99
Nonsense. beedle Mar 2016 #33
I have been thinking the same thing, auntpurl FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #39
Lol! whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #100
For a rich person with an independent income, everything is free by this definition. raging moderate Mar 2016 #47
Wow I hear the same thing about people on welfare from tea partiers. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #48
Sanders is proposing tuition free college. All other costs would still be on the student riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #50
The only time I go to the doctor is when I think what I have might kill me....... Sivart Mar 2016 #51
Meh. Conservative talking points. [n/t] Maedhros Mar 2016 #54
just stop nt wendylaroux Mar 2016 #57
There's a reason your POV is called the MYTH of Moral Hazard suffragette Mar 2016 #63
Very interesting article; thanks for posting it. auntpurl Mar 2016 #66
On the other hand, more info from article you posted suffragette Mar 2016 #76
Exactly this. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #97
#1, health care in the UK costs less than in the US and gets better results. denverbill Mar 2016 #68
You are so right; Republicons are delusional about most people's doctor visits. raging moderate Mar 2016 #83
What a load of hogwash. I've spoke with many Brits who love their health care and education. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #75
People are shielded from real costs here in the US also. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2016 #79
Another conservative voice in DU Trajan Mar 2016 #80
Which must be why Hillary won't let us see her speeches..... daleanime Mar 2016 #81
Well, you'd better work to end the UK's NHS then! delrem Mar 2016 #84
Hey auntpurl, I have a little story for you. Avalux Mar 2016 #85
The value is the actual education received by the student. Right wingers seem to gloss over this. ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #88
You say that doctors "talk about it in the media all the time"... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #89
"Seventy two per cent of people declared the NHS to be "a symbol of what is great about Britain delrem Mar 2016 #91
You are a US American expat, and your opinion doesn't map with general UK opinion. delrem Mar 2016 #90
There is more money to save via prevention than by letting minor conditions deteriorate. nt LostOne4Ever Mar 2016 #95
This is why countries with single payer universal basic plans quickly highlight prevention. delrem Mar 2016 #104
Yes I certaintly don't value my right to vote or right to free speech ky_dem Mar 2016 #96
People who understand how things work know that 'things' provided by government elleng Mar 2016 #101
I know of some insurance companies who would love to take your nation into their embrace. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #103
i agree with you, to a point. redruddyred Mar 2016 #106
I need a dislike button gollygee Mar 2016 #111
Aunty Purl over here when we go to the doctor for anything jwirr Mar 2016 #112
Yes, yes. It's much better for people to only go to a doctor when they think they are going to die killbotfactory Mar 2016 #115
For every person that goes to the doctor for every little thing Avalon Sparks Mar 2016 #119
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