I kind of feel like this is punching down, when you look at the larger context of how fucked up health care is in the USA.
In the USA, it’s only the money that ever counts. Patient care is bottom of the list. One of the first things you see in any hospital ER is that “friendly” person with the rolling computer cart who wants to make sure you have insurance and can pay right fucking now.
Not really exclusive to private healthcare systems. My grandpa only had his very obvious cancer seen by a doctor because of his wife, and so did my uncle. Financing the care was not a factor, they were both depressed and did not care too much for themselves.
I kind of feel like this is punching down, when you look at the larger context of how fucked up health care is in the USA.
In the USA, it’s only the money that ever counts. Patient care is bottom of the list. One of the first things you see in any hospital ER is that “friendly” person with the rolling computer cart who wants to make sure you have insurance and can pay right fucking now.
Not really exclusive to private healthcare systems. My grandpa only had his very obvious cancer seen by a doctor because of his wife, and so did my uncle. Financing the care was not a factor, they were both depressed and did not care too much for themselves.