My definition of Universal Healthcare and this new narrative of it meaning "as long as a person has insurance" are not the same. Health Insurance in the United States is either tied to your job or you pay out of pocket for it and that can be more than a house payment every month. Let's also not forget about deductibles, copays, and max out of pocket before insurance will even kick in for their 70% to 80%.
Exactly.
Health insurance =/= health care
If someone has to spend $5000 on health care before seeing any benefit from insurance, then they probably don't have decent health care. They have protection against catastrophic health problems, but not much else.
I mean, except for the part where Massachusetts is the one that started the trend in the first place, and it was Mitt Romney who came up with the plan. There was a time, long ago, children, when there were Republicans who wanted to govern instead of just destroy.
Those times are long gone, of course.
Just wanted to say your profile pic makes me miss neverwinter. Wish they’d make another
Having health insurance does not mean having "good" health insurance. You can have a pretty shitty plan and still be paying for 90% of your healthcare.
Massachusetts Medicaid (called MassHealth) is the single best health insurance plan I have ever had in my entire adult life. I genuinely wish I could opt out of my trash United HealthCare plan that my employer provides and go back on MassHealth instead.
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