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TaylorHeinicke
09/19/22 5:51:34 PM
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Fortunately I work in a great job so the increase doesn't really impact anything other than to serve as a minor annoyance at how fucking screwy and fraudulent American healthcare really is and how this country's politicians will forever kowtow to the billionaires and CEOs.

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Priere
09/19/22 5:52:19 PM
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just become a billionaire and everyone will cater to you

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garan
09/19/22 5:55:36 PM
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For profit healthcare should be illegal.
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Trumpo
09/19/22 5:57:14 PM
#4:


America fuck yeah

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meestermj
09/19/22 6:22:07 PM
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SamsungGearS2 posted...
people will want free healthcare until the tax rate becomes ridiculously high or theres a waitlist like Canada have
As an American that moved to Canada: this system is WAY fuckin better.
Walk in clinics with very little wait time.
Easy to make appointments.
Emergency room sucks dicks, and I haven't needed anything major.

But I prefer this 100000000%
Holy shit

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hockeybub89
09/19/22 6:22:46 PM
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SamsungGearS2 posted...
people will want free healthcare until the tax rate becomes ridiculously high or theres a waitlist like Canada have
I beg for higher taxes. It's bullshit that I have to charge people money for medicine at work. Healthcare is the most important thing in the world. Kinda hard to exercise your rights when you're sick or dead.

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Alteres
09/19/22 6:23:42 PM
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I mean the emergency rooms Ive been to in the us sucked dicks too, its kinda their nature.

Are Canada's especially bad?

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meestermj
09/19/22 6:23:48 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
I beg for higher taxes. It's bullshit that I have to charge people money for medicine at work. Healthcare is the most important thing in the world. Kinda hard to exercise your rights when you're sick or dead.
Also, Canadian income tax is nearly identical to American in almost every bracket.
3% is the largest gap I could find under 100k/year

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kingdrake2
09/19/22 6:24:37 PM
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epilepsy = seizures

gawd damnit.

i had one once wasn't epilepsy related but never want one again. my back was fucked up and i have no memory of the occurrence during/after seizure.

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meestermj
09/19/22 6:24:46 PM
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Alteres posted...
I mean the emergency rooms Ive been to in the us sucked dicks too, its kinda their nature.

Are Canada's especially bad?
My fiance sprained her ankle so bad the ligament snapped and pulled off a sliver of bone.
8 hour wait to be told "use a cane and some Tylenol. Do physio after. Bye!"
Well, after x-rays that is.

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Lonestar2000
09/19/22 6:37:56 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
I beg for higher taxes. It's bullshit that I have to charge people money for medicine at work. Healthcare is the most important thing in the world. Kinda hard to exercise your rights when you're sick or dead.
We wouldn't even have to raise taxes if we stopped funneling all this money to the military.

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deanshow
09/19/22 6:38:36 PM
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TaylorHeinicke posted...
Fortunately I work in a great job so the increase doesn't really impact anything other than to serve as a minor annoyance at how fucking screwy and fraudulent American healthcare really is and how this country's politicians will forever kowtow to the billionaires and CEOs.
That sucks about the price jack. Our health car system is a joke

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DrizztLink
09/19/22 6:39:23 PM
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SamsungGearS2 posted...
people will want free healthcare until the tax rate becomes ridiculously high or theres a waitlist like Canada have
Do you have any opinions that weren't spoon-fed to you?

Or that aren't stupid?

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IfGodCouldDie
09/19/22 6:41:14 PM
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Alteres posted...
I mean the emergency rooms Ive been to in the us sucked dicks too, its kinda their nature.

Are Canada's especially bad?
Depends, it can vary. If you're going in because you have a life threatening condition or injury you'll get in asap. If you're going in because you don't feel well and want a doctors note you'll be waiting a few hours at least.

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El_Marsh
09/19/22 6:49:51 PM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
If you're going in because you don't feel well and want a doctors note you'll be waiting a few hours at least.
CVS Minute Clinic?

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AllHeDoesIsWin
09/19/22 6:54:16 PM
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Alteres posted...
I mean the emergency rooms Ive been to in the us sucked dicks too, its kinda their nature.

Are Canada's especially bad?
It's kinda one of the big crises we're facing up here right now. A lot of hospitals are closing their overnight emergency rooms because staffing is almost non-existent.
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IfGodCouldDie
09/19/22 6:54:39 PM
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El_Marsh posted...
CVS Minute Clinic?
I don't know what that means

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GreenMario
09/19/22 6:56:22 PM
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meestermj posted...
My fiance sprained her ankle so bad the ligament snapped and pulled off a sliver of bone.
8 hour wait to be told "use a cane and some Tylenol. Do physio after. Bye!"
Well, after x-rays that is.
The USA difference is they would do something for her and then if you didn't have insurance they would say "congratulations, you now have medical debt forever"

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A_Good_Boy
09/19/22 6:56:54 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
We wouldn't even have to raise taxes if we stopped funneling all this money to the military.
We wouldn't have to raise taxes at all if we just went the UHC route. We're already paying way more in our system than other countries do for comparable services.

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RchHomieQuanChi
09/19/22 7:10:38 PM
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There's people that legitimately think this nonsense is acceptable because it keeps taxes low (even though it doesn't)

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AllHeDoesIsWin
09/19/22 7:19:58 PM
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GreenMario posted...
The USA difference is they would do something for her and then if you didn't have insurance they would say "congratulations, you now have medical debt forever"
Oh no doubt almost anyone should prefer the Canadian system. I'm just so tired of us Canadians thinking our breaking system is infallible because we're not the States
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Smackems
09/19/22 7:22:27 PM
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garan posted...
For profit healthcare should be illegal.


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Heartomaton
09/19/22 7:29:11 PM
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Have you tried that thing Mark Cuban started?

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TentacleDemon
09/19/22 7:35:21 PM
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That's rough. I get my anti seizure meds for less than $20 a month. It'd be $70 if I used my insurance. But that Good RX gets it for me significantly cheaper.


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I4NRulez
09/19/22 7:49:55 PM
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I'd much rather pay an increase in taxes yearly because it sure as hell cant be more than the 250 dollars they take out of my check every month for health insurance.

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xGhostchantx
09/19/22 7:53:52 PM
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damn. i use a medication that's used in epilepsy (but not prescribed for epilepsy in my case) and it's $18.75/3 months.

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DepreceV2
09/19/22 7:55:38 PM
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I'm sure many people know this but the price increase was a direct result of the drug manufactures increasing the price. The actual Pharmacies make big money on the extremely cheap drugs that they sell "cheap" like the famous $4 list from Walmart. They make like 500% profit when those are sold and they are usually fast movers.

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Ajiri
09/19/22 8:00:02 PM
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My injection without insurance is $2300 a month with insurance its $30, I know they gonna raise that shit soon

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hockeybub89
09/19/22 9:34:10 PM
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*takes 3-5 months to get an appointment with a new PCP*

*waits all day in emergency room*

"Man it sure is awesome that America doesn't have the long wait times of socialized medicine!!!"

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IfGodCouldDie
09/19/22 10:15:47 PM
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The problem is that conservatives here want to privatize healthcare so they keep making cuts and staff gets over worked and under paid. Then because the cuts keep making things worse they keep trying to push privatization to relieve the burden. Creating a stupid fucking cycle. Then you have all the chuds who vote for them just believing that the American system is better for reasons.

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kingdrake2
09/20/22 2:24:37 AM
#34:


Ajiri posted...
I know they gonna raise that shit soon


by the end of the year is when everything begins to creep up in price :(.
i know by experience even my rent i'm in fear of it going up.

some are worse off. one area got 300$ increase with fixed incomes.

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TaylorHeinicke
09/20/22 10:20:04 AM
#35:


DepreceV2 posted...
I'm sure many people know this but the price increase was a direct result of the drug manufactures increasing the price
Yeah the pharmacy wasn't sure, they just said that's what insurance billed. It was enough of an increase to be worth calling BCBS. Spoke to a very nice lady who did confirm it was a drug manufacturer increase.

So fucking insane. In August, it costs $19. In September, it costs $53. Literally nothing changing about the medication itself or the supply chain involved. It's insane.

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kingdrake2
09/20/22 11:18:31 AM
#36:


TaylorHeinicke posted...
So fucking insane. In August, it costs $19. In September, it costs $53. Literally nothing changing about the medication itself or the supply chain involved.


corporate greed and patents. it sucks.
it should cost however much it costs to make the product + a little bit on the side for a profit.

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_____Cait
09/20/22 11:20:06 AM
#37:


We have higher taxes in Japan.

i can also go to the doctor and dentist twice in a year and not go broke. I can go twice in a week even.

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