akuma587 said:
Yes. Our healthcare system is too focused on cost rather than actual treatment. In the best healthcare systems in the world, like France, you get treatment when you need it regardless of if you can pay for it. Doctors are even rewarded if there patients do better on average than other doctors patients, whereas here doctors are discouraged from taking patients that can't pay. And in actuality the average person does not need as much medical treatment in a country like France. You know why? Because their conditions and problems are treated BEFORE they become an emergency and when they are a lot easier to treat. Its like the difference between paying $20 to put a lock on your door versus having to pay $2000 to replace the stuff someone stole out of your house. Prevention in medicine makes a huge difference, but our current healthcare system discourages people from going to the doctor. And not only that, if you ARE diagnosed with something, then your healthcare provider can drop you because they don't want to pay for your condition. This gives people EVEN LESS incentive to go to the doctor for small problems that will eventually turn into big problems because they are worried their insurance company might drop them. The healthcare system in America is awful in terms of its priorities, and insurance companies only make the system worse.
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While I agree with this for the most part, I think there are better ways to deal with it then socialized medicine. Regulations for one.
I want my country to protect me, not take care of me.
