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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Losing Primary Battles, But Winning A War [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)other. France and Germany for instance. A country can organize it as it wants. The important thing is that everyone pays in according to what they can pay, and everyone is covered.
I feel so strongly about this because, so often, when you are too sick or unable work for physical reasons, your work-related health insurance has ended, and you can't afford to pay for the insurance out of pocket.
You may have worked for 30 years and had health insurance. You become ill or have an accident, and you not only lose your job but your health insurance. So you get treatment and end up in bankruptcy court. The cost of health care increases when patients have to be chased down for payment or when they go into bankruptcy because they can't pay hospital or other healthcare bills.
Our current system makes utterly no sense and is cruel. If you live in a system that works, like I did, then you are more sure than ever that we need to change so that everyone has health insurance -- especially when they really can't afford it.