Everything That's Wrong with Health Care in One Story

[Indy]

[Philly]

Well Canada has a better healthcare system. And they don't give sweetheart deals to pharmaceutical companies like Obama did.

[Professor]

[John Galt]

[Indy]

Right, but that aside. Person has medical emergency, person goes into hospital, person comes out bankrupt for life.

There's something fundamentally wrong with that. Granted her case is extreme but say it's just me and I'm uninsured and I get in a car accident. You get the idea.

As for the cost thing, what blows my mind is that study that came out somewhat recently that showed the wild disparity in medical care costs in this country depending on where you were. There's no sort of established baseline set where everybody's sort of in the same ballpark.

[John Galt]

[Professor]

[Indy]

Guys, saying things like "bankrupt is better than dead" literally solves nothing. As if those are the only two choices.

Especially when the reality is that in other modern, industrialized countries this doesn't happen. Aren't you slightest bit embarrassed that we own that title?

The other headline here is that had this happened in her own country, they wouldn't be f***ed like they are here.

[Philly]

Well we can have a discussion about what insurance covers but they are right that this IS what it costs to provide such services.

[John Galt]