I think it is obscene that we live in arguably the richest country in the world with the best medical knowledge and treatments but only the rich can afford to take advantage.
Our system is NOT fine! It
. I'd rather have a long wait with what some of you call lower quality than nothing at all which is what I've got now.
I do have insurance. It costs me nearly $300 a month and has a $2700 deductible. I have it only in case I am run down by a car and they drag my old butt to a hospital and I have a big bill to pay. And then it would only pay 80%.
Last time I needed a doctor (I had a kidney infection) I managed to get ahold of my son's leftover antibiotics and cured myself. If I'd had to see the doctor I would have had to have my utilities shut off to pay my doctor bills.
We can give tax breaks to millionaires and spend billions of dollars to fight wars throughout the world where we have no reason to be, yet our own people are dying from lack of medical care. I read a study just the other day in my newspaper that cited several years of analization and said that those with good insurance have a MUCH HIGHER rate of survival from cancer and other serious diseases than do the rest of us peons. Why didn't that surprise me?
I guess you can see that you have touched a nerve with me. I will vote for whoever puts forth a comprehensive universal care plan; I don't care if they're Republican, Democrat, Independent, or Aliens from outer space. This country MUST do something about this mess soon before we all die from lack of care!