Please vote for Democrats, for my kid’s sake

[Anonymous]

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As a foreigner who cannot vote, I cannot believe the USA is so incredibly backward about healthcare. When you look at international data, the USA ranks lowest of the rich countries for longevity and quality of healthcare, and highest for price of healthcare per person. Child mortality in the US is below other developed nations'. All the main indicators show that the USA is shamefully letting people die because they cannot pay for the normal services that other people in other rich nations receive for normal, instead of exorbitant, prices. The USA prefers that a sliver of people enrich themselves on the health of the rest - and many lives hang in the balance. In the history books, this will be seen as incomprehensible - capitalism at its worse.

Shame on all the inhuman people on this thread who want this to continue.

OP, I wish your daughter the best quality of life. Can't vote, sorry.

The doctors in the Surgeons Guild need to have their sports cars and multiple homes. It’s the wealthy working class.

[Anonymous]

I just read this thread, after voting this afternoon in the early voting. DH and I voted Democrat all the way. Irrespective of who wins, I hope your daughter gets better soon.

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Anonymous wrote:OP should go and move to Canada.
Private health insurance is not designed for her daughter's type of health care needs
Immigrating is not that hat. Staying in the US is irresponsible

Private insurance is not designed for people who get sick?

Sick is ok. A chronic condition costing more than 6 figures is not.
Sorry, but that is how insurance and risk sharing with hospitals work

LOL bless your heart, one surgery for my daughter cost 115,000 dollars. Her five day recovery in the hospital was approximately $70,000. And one surgery for almost anything could cost that much. One visit to a specialist at a children’s hospital cost the insurance company $1,500.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

Where do you think the insurance company gets it's money from? How do you think the industry stays in business?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should go and move to Canada.
Private health insurance is not designed for her daughter's type of health care needs
Immigrating is not that hat. Staying in the US is irresponsible

Private insurance is not designed for people who get sick?

Sick is ok. A chronic condition costing more than 6 figures is not.
Sorry, but that is how insurance and risk sharing with hospitals work

LOL bless your heart, one surgery for my daughter cost 115,000 dollars. Her five day recovery in the hospital was approximately $70,000. And one surgery for almost anything could cost that much. One visit to a specialist at a children’s hospital cost the insurance company $1,500.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

Where do you think the insurance company gets it's money from? How do you think the industry stays in business?

Pp a better question is why you think a parent with a sick child needs to concern themselves with the business model of an insurance company.

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Anonymous wrote:What is your daughter’s life expectancy with ongoing medical treatment?

Not OP but why should it matter?

My own daughter has a chronic condition that is fine with maintenance treatment over a lifetime. The taxes she will pay will far out weigh the cost of her treatment. Without treatment she will go blind and cost the tax payers a fair chunk of change.

It matters because some lives are width less than others. You may be optimistic about the progression of her illness and her ability to pay taxes that justifies her ongoing treatment.

Seriously? Whose life is worth less and whose is worth more?

This thread is so interesting.

What the f. This is the person with daughter with chronic illness. It is glaucoma you nit. She loses an eye and you don't care? Otherwise she is as smart as a whip. Her life is worth 100x more than yours because she has the potential to be 100x the person you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should go and move to Canada.
Private health insurance is not designed for her daughter's type of health care needs
Immigrating is not that hat. Staying in the US is irresponsible

Private insurance is not designed for people who get sick?

Sick is ok. A chronic condition costing more than 6 figures is not.
Sorry, but that is how insurance and risk sharing with hospitals work

LOL bless your heart, one surgery for my daughter cost 115,000 dollars. Her five day recovery in the hospital was approximately $70,000. And one surgery for almost anything could cost that much. One visit to a specialist at a children’s hospital cost the insurance company $1,500.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

Where do you think the insurance company gets it's money from? How do you think the industry stays in business?

Pp a better question is why you think a parent with a sick child needs to concern themselves with the business model of an insurance company.

Well, how can a privately owned insurance company be expected to be the solution to everything when it is designed to be for profit and has to answer to shareholders and maintain huge costs of being in business.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should go and move to Canada.
Private health insurance is not designed for her daughter's type of health care needs
Immigrating is not that hat. Staying in the US is irresponsible

Private insurance is not designed for people who get sick?

Sick is ok. A chronic condition costing more than 6 figures is not.
Sorry, but that is how insurance and risk sharing with hospitals work

LOL bless your heart, one surgery for my daughter cost 115,000 dollars. Her five day recovery in the hospital was approximately $70,000. And one surgery for almost anything could cost that much. One visit to a specialist at a children’s hospital cost the insurance company $1,500.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

Where do you think the insurance company gets it's money from? How do you think the industry stays in business?

Pp a better question is why you think a parent with a sick child needs to concern themselves with the business model of an insurance company.

Well, how can a privately owned insurance company be expected to be the solution to everything when it is designed to be for profit and has to answer to shareholders and maintain huge costs of being in business.

Then I guess you are a believer in Medicare for all then?