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People have died because they chose the prescription pain reliever that let them keep working over the antibiotics to kill the infection, because they couldn't afford both after paying to see a dentist or doctor.
Any poor person who voted Republican is a fucking idiot. >

Poverty will do that to you >

You know what would solve this?
Universal healthcare. 
But noooooo. We Americans have a fucking hard on for paying a middleman absolutely fucktons of money to deny us medical procedures and aid when our doctors order it. We let non-medical professionals determine if a health issue that we suffer from is worth spending money on. 
All because Republicans convinced their fucking morons of a base that “death panels” are a thing and somehow, paying a corporation hand over fist is more expensive than paying taxes. Completely ignoring the fact that you could just go to your employer and say “Hey. Those premiums you were paying for me to have bullshit coverage? Yeah pay those to me directly now since my healthcare is covered by my taxes.”
It is so goddamn ridiculous.
Edit: Fixed typo. >

Death panels already exist within insurance companies. Ask any clinician about “prior authorizations”. I frequently have to fight with insurance about the utility of getting a brain MRI or standard of care medication for my patients with brain cancer. >

Best part is that in the Netherlands ( and europe) we have universal healthcare, and we spend less per person then you guys in the USA. 
We pay around  $130 p/month p/p and a deductible ( once p/ year) of around €500,- 
For that we get everything, dentist, physiotherapy , doctor, hospital, ambulance and so on.
And, our life expectancy is better compared to you guys. (But we obviously don't go around shooting each other because we have strict gun laws, this could make a difference /s) >

Rubbing salt in our wounds. We’ve been telling our fellow Americans this for decades but they won’t believe us >

Sorry, but it.is so stupid to keep going with your current system it really makes me wonder how come  that you guys are not able to change such an important thing for the good. >

Believe me, I know how stupid it is. I’m personally in a better position with regards to health care in that my employer provides what passes in the US for good health care benefits, but whenever I see a conservative posting a go fund me campaign in order to pay for necessary health care, r want to bang my head against the wall. I think part of the problem is the size and relative isolation of the US. Only fairly well off Americans can afford to visit other countries and our media is completely American centric, this means it’s much easier for corporate media to spread lies about how much worse it is in countries with universal healthcare. I have had numerous conversations with people who actually believe we have the best healthcare system in the world, and countries with universal health care results in your government trying to kill you in order to save money. It’s absurd but I haven’t been able to convince them otherwise >

Even the concept of " go fund me" for pretty standard health care stuns me every fucking time. 
It is used here also, but it is only used for new,  non approved treatments. So you don't see them often.
In my town ( 28.000 residents) I think 2 in the past decade. >

I had a friend who had an infected tooth and was unemployed at the time so he was faced with a choice of paying his rent and getting the infected tooth taken care of. This went on for months until I couldn’t take it anymore and insisted that he get it taken care and I would pay for it. It cost $250. But the number of Americans who go without necessary care because they don’t have the money is staggering. The biggest tragedy of it is that the US has enough money that it doesn’t need to be like this.