03-04-2020, 04:50 PM
(03-04-2020, 03:56 PM)Dill Wrote: LOL every American conservative knows a guy whose Canadian friend came to the US to get medical service because the system there is so bad.
I agree with your basic premise here. But Americans, as a group, will prefer to pay $5,000 in taxes and $10,000 in private insurance rather than $8,000 in taxes and $2,000 on health care. This makes sense to Americans because the first option offers lower taxes.
The only thing standing between us and tax-based, big government health care are private insurance companies/hospitals who find ever more innovative ways to offer "free choice" in a range of progressively priced options.
So I had a quick conversation with my sister about this (who DOES have a dog in this fight {not Bernie, for those wondering} and knows INFINITELY more about US Politics than I do) and this was her response:
Mind reader, you are