Geech by Jerry Bittle for September 28, 2023

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    Ubintold  about 1 year ago

    How would he know?

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    Lotus  about 1 year ago

    So, never pay any of your medical bills. Let them accrue. Die. Insurance then pays. Sounds like a plan.

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Given the price of a funeral it might be a good deal. Dead is.. a medical condition after all.

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    Diane Lee Premium Member about 1 year ago

    This is a list of the countries that adopted universal health care, the date they adopted it, and the date they gave it up because of all the problems:

    Australia1975Still GoingAustria1967Still GoingBahrain1957Still GoingBelgium1945Still GoingBrunei1958Still GoingCanada1966Still GoingCyprus1980Still GoingDenmark1973Still GoingFinland1972Still GoingFrance1974Still GoingGermany1941Still GoingGreece1983Still GoingHong Kong1993Still GoingIceland1990Still GoingIreland1977Still GoingIsael1995Still GoingItaly1978Still GoingJapan1938Still GoingKuwait1950Still GoingLuxembourg1971Still GoingNetherlands1966Still GoingNew Zealand1938Still GoingNorway1912Still GoingPortugal1979Still GoingSingapore1993Still GoingSlovenia1972Still GoingSouth Korea1988Still GoingSpain1986Still GoingSweden1994Still GoingUnited Arab Emirates1971Still GoingUntied Kingdom1948Still Going

    The answer to “Who would pay for universal healthcare?” We would, with a lot more help from those making more than $5 million year. The Medicare For All plan proposed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would actually save an estimated $450 billion each year, with the average American family seeing about $2,400 in annual savings and prevent about 68000 unnecessary deaths per year. according to researchers at Yale University, the University of Florida and the University of Maryland, “Our study is actually conservative because it doesn’t factor in the lives saved among underinsured Americans—which includes anyone who nominally has insurance but has postponed or foregone care because they couldn’t afford the copays and deductibles,” About 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, while an additional 41 million people do not have adequate health care coverage. Taken together, about 24 percent of the total population does not have health care coverage that can be expected to meet their future, and even current needs

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