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Whups
" wot if you lived there & could,nt afford it fossil ?"

Posts from this guy are what makes lemmings leap off cliffs.

"Afford" gives you away. Nobody can afford medical care; that, they will tell you, is the job of government, i.e. other taxpayers. Politicians have convinced a mindless populace that medical care is, and should be, free. People who wet their pants at the thought of paying for medical care, will cheerfully spend good money to have their darts blancoed or whatever they do. Politicians lie to you. Why? They don't care about you; the only thing any politician of any party cares about, is being reelected. Its as simple as that. The last thing they want is to give up all those perks and all that uninformed power. Look to the government, and you are screwed. The NHS is a perfect example..

But I digress.

For Whups. One. More. Time.

In the US of A: The wealthy have their own private doctors They are on call all day, every day. Think Bill Gates. Hugh Hefner. I don 't get that level of care.

An upper middle class gets coverage from insurance companies at no, or low cost. That's because many companies continue coverage after an employee has retired until he/she dies. It is commonplace. Some policies with really good coverage require a small premium. I fall into that category and pay a co-pay of a skinny $72 a month. Less than dinner for two at a cheap restaurant. My bank pays it for me, so I never even notice it's departure every month. I am also regularly insured by Government program Medicare at no charge to me.

A middle class either buys health insurance on the open market, or - by far the majority - is insured by the company they work for. Sometimes the companies have to do this, or a worker won't go to them. They, too, are covered by Medicare.

Finally, the indigent, those who cannot afford insurance, can go to any hospital they wish, by ambulance if necessary, AND BY LAW WILL BE TREATED AT NO COST, NOT EVEN A CO-PAY. Whether you are white, black, Latino, flat broke, a criminal fugitive, or an Islamic terrorist, you will receive prompt attention. These people are, or can be, also covered by Medicaid. (Not to be confused with Medicare.)

It it as good as Bill Gates or Hugh Hefner's, care, no. But neither is mine. And I love the health care I get here. It runs rings around the NHS and I know that because my family in England tells me about the NHS and a much beloved aunt - like a slightly older sister to me - died as she was wheeled into surgery. She had suffered one delay after another, for three weeks. Which I am told is pretty good time for the NHSD. When her frantic son called her doctor when she took ill, he had to make an appointment for his mother to speak to the doctor by phone. That was a week after she took sick. The quack told the son to buy some over the counter pain killers.

So Whups, there you are. Question answered. Your apology is accepted.

Now somebody check and see if Whups is back on his meds.

Replied: 14th May 2022 at 22:46

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