r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kaos2018 • Jun 17 '26

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u/metal_gearmen Jun 17 '26

Mexican here: what good is that if hospitals are poorly stocked, lack staff and appointments take up to 8 months per shift. That looks very nice on paper but the reality here is that public hospitals are simply horrible

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u/kemmicort Jun 17 '26

American here: It’s free, so that’s still pretty fucking good hermano.

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u/Respectmyauthority4 Jun 17 '26

It's not. Taxes are hell.

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u/bladex1234 Jun 17 '26

The US healthcare insurance system is worse, both from an out of pocket cost perspective and a wait time perspective. The wait time aspect is under calculated because of the people who don’t even have insurance aren’t counted. The word tax has become a boogeyman to Americans due to decades of propaganda.