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RE: Ending the Debate on Government Healthcare
If we have a right to free healthcare, does that mean that I have a right to all the free weed I want?
It is medicine, after all.
If we have a right to free healthcare, does that mean that I have a right to all the free weed I want?
It is medicine, after all.
hmmm? thats a good point..
I don't know, can you find a qualified medical doctor that is stupid enough to go along with this idea?
Can you find a medical doctor that will give you all the oxycontin you like because it's medicine?
Okay, back up a little, and never equate Oxycodone with marijuana ever again. Marijuana is medicine, oxycodone is soul poison.
Also, my point was rhetorical. Where do you draw the line between what we are entitled to and what we aren't? Should people have a right to complex, arduous brain surgeries? What about preventative care? If healthcare is a right, then the state ought to provide me with a personal trainer.
At the very least, the government needs to be providing much better consumer protections. I called a doctor once and asked how much a procedure would cost. They couldn't tell me. If I go to the mechanic, they can give me an estimate....
Other countries bargain with pharma companies to get good deals for the citizens, and they put limits on profit margins. In some places, like France, medicines are treated as a public good, and therefore they are regulated so that all people can access them.
Cannabis is a real medicine, and yes, everyone should have access to it, whether they grow it themselves or not.
You really think you have an honest mechanic? Lol I thought the joke was that there were none. Doctor's can't give you an estimate precisely because healthcare is regulated out the ass, and at any given time they don't know how much it is going to cost—only that it will be expensive. And it doesn't help the doctor do their job if the person they are helping is aware of the hole they're in. Things would be much cheaper without any government regulation. Look at OKC surgery center. They started accepting cash payments only and no insurance. As a result, the price of surgeries has gone down drastically. You can get a new hip for the cost of a used car.
And you missed my point. Access to cannabis and free cannabis from the government are two very different things. Also, I don't hear of too many people going to France for their exceptional healthcare or benefitting from their miraculous pharma...
I was diagnosed and treated in France for MS for three years. Far superior to what is available here.
Did you go to France for their exceptional care? Or did you just happen to be there? Because people come to the US from all over the world for special treatments and surgeries. And they get drugs made by (German)American pharma.
I was just there. But I met many people on medical visas while I was in the hospital. American health care is almost impossible to pay for. A lot of my friends go to Tijuana or Costa Rica for care.
I agree. The reason why is because of Medicare, Medicaid, insurance regulations, and government micromanagement. I wish it were cheaper here, too. The ACA not only fucked the healthcare system, but sends me a bill for opting out of the destruction? What the heck?