I find this article available.

We’ve reached DEFCON meh.

It’s a Beige Alert!

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.

Fellow Canadian.

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.