1ºMargaret Holland our very best healthcare is (in some medical specialties) the best in the world.
But huge numbers of Americans get no care, or substandard care, and huge numbers more get kind of decent care. There is no real American health care "system" in the sense of a structure to ensure that people get care (as opposed to ensuring that insurers make a profit), and the result is that our healthcare on average is distinctly subpar by the standards of the industrialized nations.
Or to put it another way, my mother and a friend had the exact same diagnosis at the same time. My mother, a doctor's wife with excellent coverage and access was treated by one of the best doctors in the world at a world renowned facility, and within weeks was treated, done, and was never bothered by that issue again.
My friend, who doesn't get coverage through her work, has been unable to get proper treatment for the issue and is still untreated a decade later. Effectively, because it isn't immediately life-threatening, it's never high enough on the priority list to be addressed at all. It's not that she has no care (although before the ACA she had no coverage at all), but comparative to what she should get for proper health? Definitely not.
2ºChris N Lee LeBlanc Yes, that's another thing -- we keep people alive for no good reason. Thanks to our "advanced" (LOL) medical care we keep people live (the very young and the very old) who, just a few decades ago, would have died without all the 'advanced' (LOL medical care. And NOW we have to PAY to keep those vegetables alive. smh All thanks to "good Christians". You may think I'm heartless, but I'm not. Go visit the seniors 'homes' in just your city. They are lying in bed, waiting to die -- and we, in our profound 'goodness' do all that we can to keep them alive. And the owners of all these homes are laughing all the way to the bank. smh
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4ºMegan Greenfield And there shouldn't be any heroic measures for Grandma. Anyone over 80 should be euthanized. (And just the record: there ARE NOT any heroic measures for the old. Unless you're rich. Unless you're famous. Unless you're powerful. Unless you have an unusual condition that the American medical community can learn from. //// What exactly is "heroic" about sticking old people in nursing homes? It's a fate worse than death. No one even asks them if they want to live. smh We just go home, after work, to our nice warm homes and sleep well at night because we KNOW that we did 'the right thing'. What a crock of S. //// My state FINALLY has MAID (medical aid in dying). And, thank God, it is slowly but surely being sanctioned by one state after the other. And even if I don't get a terminal disease, I am NEVER EVER going to a nursing home.
5ºMichael N Melanie Rodocker ONLY because I am too old now to move some place else. I did look extensively into moving to Canada (among other countries like Portugal) -- and giving up my US citizenship -- Trump was THE LAST straw, but by that time I was just too old to adjust (socially) to another country -- but, anyway, Canada doesn't want old people, even if we buy our own medical insurance. Again, Michael -- if you know anything about US History -- when have we ever been an "amazing country"? We are only 5% of the world population but we use 25% of the world's resources. That IS 'amazing' -- but not in a good way at all. All The US has ever cared about is "The US" -- and even then, it has cared primarily only about the rich.
6ºGina Pickering They come from all over the world to get care that most people in their country cannot get for free. Like cosmetic care and non-emergency care. I was in Germany, and I had a big problem pregnancy. The Army kept sending me to a German university medical hospital, who kept sending me back to The Army doctors -- I was not having a problem pregnancy. And back and forth we went. Until I had the baby -- and I and the baby had NO problems. smh I'm 74, and I stopped going to traditional Western medical doctors about 5-6 years ago. I am doing just fine. My peers -- who see Western medical doctors -- they aren't doing well at all. Gee, I wonder why. smh
7ºMegan Greenfield Yes, The UK uses common sense. It's one thing to save a person who is between 15 and 75. It's a WHOLE 'nother thing to try to save someone who is too young or who is too old. There are only so many healthcare dollars to go around. Our healthcare is such that we don't get the care that we need UNTIL we are dying. Then managed care keeps people alive until it's not financially profitable. I'm 74. If I get ANY disease that is probably terminal, I am not getting treatment. I've already talked to my doctor. Give me enough pain meds to keep me comfortable and let me die. Give my healthcare dollars to a 35-year-old mother who is still raising children (for just one example). I've had a GREAT life -- but I've had my life. Why would I want to hang on?? I have a 78-year-old neighbor who has a very viral kind of breast cancer. She's have the whole package: surgery, radiation, chemo. WTH for?? Her prognosis is not at all good. smh