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My definition of Universal Healthcare and this new narrative of it meaning "as long as a person has insurance" are not the same. Health Insurance in the United States is either tied to your job or you pay out of pocket for it and that can be more than a house payment every month. Let's also not forget about deductibles, copays, and max out of pocket before insurance will even kick in for their 70% to 80%.
Exactly.
Health insurance =/= health care
If someone has to spend $5000 on health care before seeing any benefit from insurance, then they probably don't have decent health care. They have protection against catastrophic health problems, but not much else.