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Can we stop beating that drum already? I've seen what good universal health care does. My mom had cancer. Colon cancer, to be specific. It was ungodly expensive to treat but they did it and the cancer went into remission. Then it came back agressively and attacked her body on multiple fronts and she ended up dying, but that wasn't because the medical system fucked her over, that's because there was nothing that could be done!
Now my dad, after a period of time, found someone to have a relationship with. She lived in Canada, in Ontario to be more specific(I don't remember the town, I only went there once). She had health problems bad enough that she had trouble finding employment. It wasn't a heart attack or a stroke, it was a chronic health problem that was debilitating enough to make functioning difficult but not impossible. Because of that, she was perpetually put off for treatment because her condition was not severe enough to warrent immediate treatment and as such had to be put behind those that needed immediate treatment. So she sat for a good 3 years waiting and waiting and waiting for someone to treat her because Canada had no other options and finally we had to bring her down here(a 12 hour drive up into Ontario from Lower Michigan one way) so that we could get her treatment here, where we showed up, dropped a credit card, and got her the help she needed.
Nationalised/Socialised/Universal Health Care is NOT the be-all end-all health care that people seem to think it is. You're right, when suddenly everyone can see the doctor, they WILL see the doctor. That means you have less time to diagnose and treat, and less time to follow up, meaning that your treatment will be generic, rushed, or simply turned away because there are others needier than you. And no, that's not some right-wing, tea party propaganda I got off faux news, it's what I've seen with my OWN DAMN EYE(Singular because I only have ONE eye, and I had some of the best doctors in Michigan that tried to save the other one. Our medical system isn't perfect, but I saw an ocular surgeon in less that 12 hours!)