Wot no coronavirus thread? Part 2

[Ming]

if you're going to use the fact that the President got special treatment as evidence for that it's a fail. The President isn't treated like that because he's rich.

I don't think ANYBODY is against Trump getting the best care possible.
What is pissing people off is his whole "It's nothing to be afraid of" BS. People or their loved ones that weren't able to get the same level of care don't want to hear that crap from him.
The fact that he is still down playing it and continuing to put other people at risk just so he can try to get reelected isn't sitting well with anybody except his rabid trumpettes.

[Egbert]

No. If they need to go to the hospital they go to the hospital.

How much would treatment for lung cancer cost in the USA for a person with no insurance?

[Kidlicious]

No. If they need to go to the hospital they go to the hospital.

[Egbert]

if you're going to use the fact that the President got special treatment as evidence for that it's a fail. The President isn't treated like that because he's rich.

Please note that I said "we understand POTUS is the most important job in the world" with no mention of wealth. A lot of people still do not like it that anybody gets excellent care while the poor get nothing. That is an indictment of the US health care system with the important point being that the poor get nothing. Nothing.

Of course POTUS should get care given the consequences of a potentially disruptive transfer of power to a successor.

The poor should not get nothing in a rich country.

[Uncle Sparky]

The truly poor are taken care of to a very limited degree in the US. The middle class can really get screwed by their medical system.

[Kidlicious]

if you're going to use the fact that the President got special treatment as evidence for that it's a fail. The President isn't treated like that because he's rich.

[Egbert]

I suggest there is a long list of countries with better health care than the USA.

Here cancer, and a lot of other maladies, are treated by our public health system.

In the USA the poor get sick and die.

[Kidlicious]

It's a matter of hospital capacity. We don't want the hospital full when someone really needs to be in the hospital

[Egbert]

We can't afford for everyone to get the same care, but HCQ is 10$.

we have a wonderful public health system here in Australiastan with lots of free care.

For a real example, a bloke with lung cancer had tests, scans, surgery, chemotherapy and hospital all at no charge, The total cost to the patient was roughly A$100 (roughly US$70) for pills.

[Kidlicious]

We can't afford for everyone to get the same care, but HCQ is 10$.

[Egbert]

Don’t be afraid of Covid-19. We all can get Regeneron, remdesivir, and round the clock care.......

The observations, from ordinary people, here in Australia tend along the lines of "Trump gets a sumptuous hospital and unbelievable care while the poor people can't afford any health care and that stinks even though we understand POTUS is the most important job in the world". ^

Are the Americans taking a simillarly dim view of the incredible disparity in health cre?


^ We have a wonderful free public healthcare system here in Australia and we find it disgusting that the USA turns the poor away from the hospital.

[Ming]

Yep... He's really pissing off the people with no or limited healthcare, and all those who have lost people. What a moron

[pchang]

Don’t be afraid of Covid-19. We all can get Regeneron, remdesivir, and round the clock care.......

[EPW]

Um, so it looks like he's really struggling to breath in his 'return to the white house' stunt...

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[Dauphin]

"I feared for my life. Who knew it could be so dangerous? Not a lot of people know this, but it can kill."