When they say "access to health care"
If the only problem is access to healthcare, then there is no problem.
We all have access to health care in the same way we all have access to owning a yacht.
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
― Anatole France
Almost a third of working Americans currently have some kind of medical debt and about 28% of those who have an outstanding balance owe $10,000 or more on their bills.
When asked if they’ve ever defaulted on those bills, about 54% of people with medical debt said they had, according to a new survey fielded by Salary Finance of over 2,700 U.S. adults working at companies with over 500 employees.
And that’s among people who are employed and typically have health insurance, Dan Macklin, Salary Finance’s U.S. CEO and co-founder of SoFi, tells CNBC Make It.
We must crush this coronavirus — and protect the Affordable Care Act to ensure Americans have access to the health care they need now more than ever. #FamiliesFirst @FaceTheNation pic.twitter.com/MZxYhJC2v4
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) October 4, 2020
Access to health care should be a right and not just a privilege for those who can afford it. pic.twitter.com/OcDiO7s5BP
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 4, 2020
Obamacare was—and is—a big deal. As president, I’ll protect and build on it, lower health care costs, and give Americans the opportunity to choose a new public option.
We’re going to make sure everyone has access to the affordable health care they need. https://t.co/34NCSYhO2C
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 25, 2020
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We have access to healthy the same way cows,
on their way to milking parlors with swollen udders, have access to a little side door that opens to “free range” grazing.
ACA leaves millions behind and millions more in debt or flat broke when they get sick. Remember, this was going to be improved step by step. About all those improvements: crickets.
“ …and when we destroy nature, we diminish our capacity to sense the divine,and understand who God is, and what our own potential is and duties are as human beings.- RFK jr. 8/26/2024
They are just
doing what they are paid to do.
They make a lot of money.
Must be doing a helluva job.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Access is meaningless
Also when politicians talk about "access," they are talking about insurance, not healthcare. There should never be a profit making middle man (insurance company) between a person and healthcare.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Exactly.
I admit I was without access to insurance from age 35 to 64. My Dad was a veteran, and I was ok until I married. Oops. I knew it would happen and I did it anyway. I should have just shacked up.
No insurance company would cover me.
I was actually thrilled to have insurance, even if it cost me $2300 per month. And I paid it until 65, Medicare kicked in. I even got locked into paying it 6 to 8 months after I got Medicare, because I was blocked from canceling the policy, for "reasons".
The reason is that morning I had a heart attack. I think I was in my early 40's, on my way to the office for a deposition. Mt late husband took me to a nearby hospital, and they insisted I write a $750 check before they would allow me into the ER. While writing that check, I fell to my knees, finally given a bed, I was questioned about my last menstrual period. I had a hysterectomy at age 31. They laughed. I was not having a menopause problem. They inquired about any fights I had with my spouse. The man that was holding onto my hand during the questioning. I waited for the ekg after 2 or 3 "important people" got their test. They were white men.
When I said I was years way from the menstrual period, the dr. laughed at me in my face.
I yanked my gown away and showed the surgical scar, and then told the mighty dr. he was a prick.
THIS is why I thought Obamacare was better than what I experienced.
Huntsville, Texas. They once had a decent reputation.
I did get to my husband's dr. and he did suggest some further tests to assess the damage.
I couldn't afford them.
We all die from something. My "estate" goes to the Houston Humane Society.
They are no kill.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981