Best of luck to your mother. But at least those of us in this country will die knowing we are penniless, sick, and most importantly of all: Free!

I work two jobs (neither of which will hire me more than 75% in order to avoid providing health insurance). My rent has gone up 40% in the last 3 years.

Brit living in the US here.

Libby, this is a fantastic article and I am glad your mother is doing better. I also find my self falling into professional analysis when life happens. While it can be a tad annoying to my wife, it’s helped me to better understand my profession and the world (I’m a political scientist/Comparative poltical economist)

The problem is, those routine checkups are where the lowest costs are. Outside of people who don’t use their insurance at all, that’s probably where insurers make their money. It’s the big things that they lose out on. So if we do, say Medicare for all, at the PCP level, private insurance would skyrocket because all…

Do they not have flu vaccines where you live?

My father had the aggressive lung cancer and by the time they caught it he was already terminal. After a lifetime of manual labour work, he didn’t have a lot in the way of savings and lived modestly with his partner. In the US, he would have died fairly quickly as he wouldn’t have been able to afford treatment. As he…

Add me to the list.
Have broken my foot in several spots - had to pay $40 for the crutches (which I was able to gift to a co-worker a few years later when he needed a pair).
Father broke ribs falling off the roof (HIRE SOMEBODY, YOU STUBBORN GOAT!), had to pay for hospital parking.
I’m in the midst of a SERIES of tests…

The medical industry in America, and that’s what it is and ALL that it is, is literally a crime against humanity.

That’s the sort of healthcare that every Dem should be pushing for. Make it one of their major selling points. Of course, they’ll need to overcome decades of the US healthcare system lobbying, which has convinced so many people that universal healthcare is a bad thing, because socialism or something. They’ve been…

Fellow Canadian.

I completely agree with you! I “handle” the insurance for our household of three (me, spouse, child) and it is an indecipherable nightmare trying to figure out what will be covered and under which circumstances.

I absolutely believe that not having to deal with the stress of navigating our bureaucratic nightmare of a healthcare funding system is one reasons healthcare outcomes are better outside of the US. I’m an attorney who works primarily with regulatory compliance issues. It’s literally my job to spend all day sorting…

You’re paying for it anyway, whether you realize it or not.

I’m going to blow American people’s minds:

Also: “But, but, but....stabbings are through the roof in England. Are you going to call for knife control?”

“But, but, but...Muslims are taking over neighborhoods and forcing Whites to pray to Allah before crossing Antifa Rd!”

No spitballing necessary. The OECD has the numbers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita

I am so sorry for you and your mother and I am glad that she is getting proper care with little extra worry.

I did the math last year. Just spit-ball numbers and per capita healthcare in the UK costs ~$3300 per person per year... in the USA that number is almost $10k dollars. Single pay sure is the devil.