Man fired after notifying employer of wife's cancer.

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Soleron said:

mrstickball said:

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We have systems like that in America. It is still insanely expensive. Its called the Veterans Administration (VA). Its for service veterans from wars. They have their own hospitals that do not charge monies for their services, and the government merely pays out for salary, and not services rendered. It is far more expensive than private care and even more expensive than medicare - about 90% higher than private insurances.

Americans expect their doctors to be proactive. Here you have to fight to have anything done - testing, prescriptions, and anything else. Unless you are dying, your local doctor will send you home with nothing. In hospitals they will again leave you alone with minimal care unless you are dying.

It's rationing for the determined, pretty much.

If your VA doctors prescribe and test like the US doctors I saw when I lived in Texas I can see exactly why it costs so much.

I would rather pay more and have proactive care personally.

Either way, the funny thing about healthcare costs is, ripping on America hides the fact that EVERY nations healthcare costs are rising... and pretty fast.

Interesting to note is that the majority of factors that account for healthcare outcomes... happen BEFORE you enter the healthcare system.