Why do you dont have a statutory sickness insurance in USA

[Micho22]

Question is above
So why is your medical law system so strange
Only the rich people can buy good medical treatment this is not fair in your country

 

[Jin Hayami]

Don't get this started. The medical system has been turned into a mockery of capitalism as it is.

 

[DocThao]

umm b/c healthcare in general is expensive

the problem isn't insurance, the problem is healthcare providers charging huge amounts of money for life saving procedures b/c they know ppl need it to survive

 

[-Punk-]

We shouldn't pay for this Sh1t

 

[Micho22]

umm b/c healthcare in general is expensive

the problem isn't insurance, the problem is healthcare providers charging huge amounts of money for life saving procedures b/c they know ppl need it to survive

We in europe in the most countrys of europe have no problem with a general sickness insurance
Of course its eating money but everyone rich or poor have the right to get medical treatment

 

[Micho22]

We shouldn't pay for this Sh1t

Why not ??
What if someone is getting a deadly sickness like cancer in the usa and he has no sickness insurance
What does this person do wait for his death or that someone throw money to his feets so that he can get some medical treatmeant

 

[Micho22]

In england france germany and many countreys in europe
Everyone really everyone from children to extremly poor people everyone has a sickness insurance and its a rule that everyone must get one everyone gets medical treatmeant in all forms

 

[YowYan]

In england france germany and many countreys in europe
Everyone really everyone from children to extremly poor people everyone has a sickness insurance and its a rule that everyone must get one everyone gets medical treatmeant in all forms

True, it's a law. D: They shoulf design a new model for the health care insurance system as the current is bs to me. I pay 100 euros a month for my insurance which is a sh1tload of money on the long run. I rarely need anything from the pharmacy and I heard big insurance companies charge more than they should. It's a scam.. and the fact it's a fking law that we're forced to have a health care insurance makes it a suspicious game.

 

[Jack Spicer]

Because we #YOLO

 

[Aim64C]

Question is above
So why is your medical law system so strange
Only the rich people can buy good medical treatment this is not fair in your country

This... is a horribly complicated matter.

For starters, no - not "only the rich can afford medical treatment." The problem is that most people don't prioritize their spending correctly. The other problem is that many people believe they need some kind of full coverage insurance.

The biggest reason this country is in trouble (be it from the banking system to the health insurance systems) is that people don't save money. They live paycheck-to-paycheck and see $50 left over at the end of the week as a $2,000 TV they can pay off over the next 36 months, or a $10 reduction to their insurance deductible.

There are injustices in the system, don't get me wrong... but most people are in trouble and complaining because they are stupid and don't know how to manage expenses and income. You don't earn a fortune by spending it - and that is what people in this country don't seem to understand.

 

[Aim64C]

Why not ??
What if someone is getting a deadly sickness like cancer in the usa and he has no sickness insurance
What does this person do wait for his death or that someone throw money to his feets so that he can get some medical treatmeant

This is going to sound kind of harsh...

But if you can't afford medical treatment.

And you are unable to inspire other human beings to contribute to keeping you around...

Then what are you doing that is worth the government stepping in and paying for your existence?

I live by that rule. If I ever get to a point where I am not able to buy food, and no one is willing to feed me - then I will starve to death while digging my own grave (because I don't want to be a jerk and stink up some alley way). If I get sick and cannot afford the treatment, and no one wants to help me out - then I die. Plain and simple.

The other reality is that 5-year survival rates for most of the medical treatments (from cancer treatments to bypass surgeries and other such things) is roughly 50%. Not statistically different from lifestyle change therapy, alone (which can be done at a far more affordable cost). I was born 2 months premature; I 'died' multiple times during and after birth. I 'drowned' at least once in my life. Death has had plenty of opportunities to take me. I've no illusions that it will do so when it is ready - and welcome the challenge of whatever existence rests beyond.

 

[Darthlawsuit]

Blame lawyers and insurance companies. Talked to many older people and they all said that doctors used to be affordable and you didn't need insurance. Then doctors started getting sued for every little thing, getting a prostate exam and miss a brain tumor {LAWSUIT}. Insurance companies refuse to pay the same rates as uninsured and will negotiate and barter till doctors give up so their uninsured rates had to go up so they could get the same payment from insurance.

 

[Wang]

What the hell is statutory sickness insurance?

 

[Aim64C]

What the hell is statutory sickness insurance?

He, basically, means that you get medical treatment for any illness based on the fact that you exist.

Which is a nice idea, and all - but is simply not practical until respective medical technologies become commodities akin to water in developed societies. The countries that try it end up depreciating the quality of their care and must use arbitrary rationing of treatment. It doesn't work ideally - 'burden' those services place upon the industry is simply too high to be given out freely.

Now - compare to things like basic antiseptic ointment, bandages, and the setting of simple fractures - and the story is different. A lot of modern societies can afford to hand those out to anyone who needs them without expecting a monetary return. Doesn't mean companies are wrong for selling them on the store shelves - but the point is that the 'burden' simple wound treatment reflects is negligible; the skill and materials to perform those medical treatments are considered a basic part of the every-day home.

Until the capacity to perform quality open-cavity surgeries begins to appear on every street corner - we can't expect "socialized healthcare" to work as advertised. ... And then... why would it be necessary to make it socialized? Basic supply-demand would drive costs of treatment down while good-will gestures for things like surgery (just as there are doctors who will set fractures without payment and other such things) would become far more common (so 'those who still can't afford' would not be left high-and-dry).