Hi Telmo, I wouldn't say that people are ok with this. Even the people who are against universal health care recognize how broken the system is. I'd say it's more of a learned-helplessness kind of thing - there isn't much the average person can do about it.
Terren On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 8:45 AM Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Terren, > > You are right, I know that. I have the impression that a bad health > situation can ruin people in the US. I have heard of stories of people > refusing to call an ambulance after a serious accident, for fear of the > bill. I think that another country were this is the case is South Korea. A > colleague told me that it is common there for people there to invest in a > second home, to use it to pay for the health bill in case they get cancer > or something serious like that. > > I guess what perplexes is that people seem to be more or less ok with > this, when there is overwhelming evidence that a better systems is possible. > > Telmo > > Am Do, 14. Jul 2022, um 14:34, schrieb Terren Suydam: > > Hi Telmo, > > I’d want to know how they adjust for price differences between countries, > as that could be a subtle way to introduce bias. But as an American and > assuming the above is kosher, it doesn’t surprise me at all. Health care > here is a worst case scenario. It’s the result of decades of anti > competitive practices and perverse incentives. But you knew that! > > Terren > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 8:13 AM Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I am curious about what Americans in this list think about this: > https://i.redd.it/qrjgb2aakhb91.jpg > > > > Telmo > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/724092fd-48a5-44ed-a3c5-7ec8aa38c3fe%40www.fastmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/724092fd-48a5-44ed-a3c5-7ec8aa38c3fe%40www.fastmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA9uK_y2aZUHhe3Tv%3D1rg2u4YR5yP6KjqQJppFkiuiK2aA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA9uK_y2aZUHhe3Tv%3D1rg2u4YR5yP6KjqQJppFkiuiK2aA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/60eabc69-a0cc-4dec-91ce-1871e6d0f4cf%40www.fastmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/60eabc69-a0cc-4dec-91ce-1871e6d0f4cf%40www.fastmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA-kY9%2B3Uhse5vv9UsDLUnUhh%2BGiPgXENLx3EA4SWdCoAg%40mail.gmail.com.
