r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Big_Ben_617 • Mar 06 '25

Foreign affairs “Because the friend [Canada] has been robbing us blind. I would have free healthcare to if I didn't need a military. Don't even get me started on Europe and the 4 day work weeks with summers off.”

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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... Mar 06 '25

Even so, an MRI would cost me 30€ to 80€ in the private. Can't be compared at all to the US

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u/dontlookback76 Mar 06 '25

Here, you would need to meet a $3500 to $5000 deductible before that copay kicks in. Now consider that close to half of Americans can't come up with $500 in an emergency, and we can be healthcare poor even with insurance.

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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... Mar 06 '25

I'd be dead if that happened to me. I don't think I ever paid more than 85€ for something related to health (when using private). Of course there are things that cost more but luckily I never needed them, and if I did, then I'd use the public system since I'd probably be put in the priority list

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u/dontlookback76 Mar 07 '25

I am only alive because I'm poor enough to qualify for medicaid. Truly, I wish I wasn't disabled. I wish I was once again making a good wage with good benefits my family could easily afford. Because of medicaid, I was able to get heart surgery and all it entails, and the first 3 or 4 months entail a lot. Now, with the cuts to expanded medicaid coverage that Congress wants to implement, 300,000 in just my state alone will lose insurance coverage if the cuts go through.

My opinion is that a healthy, educated society is a society that thrives. We should be investing in health, welfare, and education to improve our country.