Kirin_gaming said:
I live in the U.S., so no public healthcare. I am originally from Mexico though, which does have both public and private healthcare. I have mixed feelings about the public healthcare in Mexico because the only time I ever needed to use it I had to wait 30 minutes to be taken to surgery, even when my appendix was about to burst. I also discovered the positive side of having such a system though, since all my grandparents were in constant need of medical services, and my family comes from humble roots so we didn't have the money to go the private route, had we lived in the U.S at the time they all would've died long ago.
During my almost nine years in the U.S., I thankfully have never really needed to go to a hospital, and honestly, if it wasn't for the Obamacare penalty tax I would've never gotten insurance during my single life. From what I've seen of the service with my father I'd say that it is excellent. When he broke his am he was immediately checked, and even during the follow-ups and just regular check-ups, he was promptly seen too. Which takes us to the only negative aspect of the American healthcare system, the exorbitant price. When I was still single I was paying around $2500 a year for myself which is not much but, considering that I only ever used it for the flu one time, I feel like I was throwing money away. The penalty for not having insurance would have been much worse though, during my last tax return as single, I think I would've paid a $10,000 penalty if I hadn't had insurance. Right now I am paying close to $350 per month, per person in my family in a full coverage plan, which my growing family has been using a lot recently. Still, I can't shake the feeling I'm throwing money away, once the uninsured penalty is gone next year I might cancel my plan and just start paying out of pocket to see how much I save.
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