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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's kind of fucked, forcing another country to pay for those expensive operations (and I don't think you can just do that). I agree that relying on generous millionaires is not the way to go though

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

tbf most countries charge for foreign patients to use their system, but tbb if he was shedding a light on what a more socialized system looks like would unsour a lot of americans' view on it

personal anecdote but most of the people around me believe that all socialized medicine happens to be is waiting lines/lists, death panels, and "state-assisted death"