So did I. Until I experienced proper universal healthcare. Australia's system is basically Medicare for all. It's not by any means free, but I can feel confident that if I have a horrible accident or develop cancer I'm not going to die because I can't afford treatment and will never be denied coverage because I was born with a condition. I like that security.
Maybe we should move this conversation to a more appropriate thread? I like a good discussion but I'm new here and I don't want to alienate people already by talking about a hot button issue where it's not meant to be...WHAT American health care system? The one where you have to make enough money to buy expensive insurance if you don't happen to be lucky enough to work somewhere with benefits (or, in my case, work at least 4 hours a day to even get pro-rated benefits--most (if not all) of the instructional assistants in our district work 3.5 hours or less a day)? The one where, if you don't have your own insurance but make $50 a month too much, you can't get medicare? Or, if your income is low enough to get medicare, and you manage to pinch pennies enough to save/invest for retirement so you're not working when you're 105, once your savings go above $2000, you're booted off medicare? Or the one where, if you can afford insurance and you have a pre-existing condition, the insurance companies don't even want your money?
I'm sorry, that had nothing to do with chickens/funny things people say
Not really for me either. I know what I like and I moved where I'm happy - but for a lot of people get -really- heated and emotional over it and I just see it going the firearms route quite quickly.Sounds like a great ideaI didn't realize it was a button for me, actually--I usually avoid politics like the plague.
