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It's funny, because everyone I talk to in Europe or Canada is fairly appreciative of the healthcare they can receive from the government if needed. We sit here and focus on the bad stories that we hear. Like if you have taken a bullet to the chest in Canada you will literally be sitting in a waiting room for 20+ hrs. bleeding out.
Lets get real. Our health care system is completely controlled by insurance and pharmaceutical companies, who will not make their billions of dollars if the government is offering assistance. The pushback by Republicans is an argument about "less government" but it's really just a wool over your eyes about how much money is going into their pockets at the end of the day.
Do you really think if we offered free healthcare to those that can't afford it or need help paying for it that all of the sudden our system is going to come to it's knees? You think the next day the hospital is going to be filled to the brim? I don't because the people that can't afford it still go now, it's just they risk becoming bankrupt while a few suits pick out a new set of golf clubs.