How about this healthcare story:
A guy is out clearing some brushes in the backyard. A moments carelessness, and the knife skids off the branch and hits his hand, cutting up his finger. Blood everywhere, squirting out.
Time for a trip to the emergency room? Nope. This is in a “welfare state” with socialized healthcare, and you just simply cant drive in to the ER here, you need to call first. And don’t call the ER, instead call the healthcare hotline, leave your number and get the automated message that they’ll call back 10 minutes later. (Sometimes a few hours later, this was a lucky day) This is while the blood is still pumping out of the finger, and attempts to stop it is failing.
10 minutes later the call finally come, and now luckily the blood has stopped pumping as much.
A referral is made to the 24hour-clinic an hour later, if necessary they will then refer you to the ER.
So an hour later the guy is at the clinic, and is required to pay a $30 fee to see the doctor. Yes, the healthcare is supposedly “free”, but those fees are never mentioned by Moore and those like him, for some strange reason…
The finger is inspected, and a few stitches later the problem is solved. In ten days the stitches needs to be removed, and this will ofcourse require a new fee to get the “free” healthcare.
Just a fantasy? No, that was my afternoon…
If you want socialized healthcare, then you need to realize that politicians will decide what kind of healthcare you do get, and when you will get it. And if you will need to pay “fees” for the privelege…
Just think of it as giving your wallet to some stranger on the street, and ask him to decide over your healthcare…
