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30. "What type of sick fscking dystopia do we live in ...."

Tue Jun 4, 2019, 06:36 PM

Jun 2019

I've been saying for years that we have a libertarian healthcare system; if you can afford the treatment, you'll get it.

Please consider reading about and supporting comprehensive Medicare for All, and ask Speaker Pelosi to support it also.

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"When I lived in Iceland, I found a lump..." [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2019 OP

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #1

Awesome story! BlueJac Jun 2019 #2

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2019 #3

Sometimes words just fail me. The US is trying so hard to be a Third World Nation... Hekate Jun 2019 #4

"The US is trying so hard to be a Third World Nation..." volstork Jun 2019 #11

What I said in the body of my post Hekate Jun 2019 #22

The 1% is how Third World Nations work Boomer Jun 2019 #46

Of course it is. volstork Jun 2019 #49

Our horrible healthcare system is intentional... MrScorpio Jun 2019 #25

Almost. dchill Jun 2019 #28

But, hey, we've got a really nice new shiny PatrickforO Jun 2019 #42

Or a wall... kag Jun 2019 #54

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Jun 2019 #5

Amazing! Universal healthcare paid by the state procon Jun 2019 #6

I doubt it is "capitalism" or "trickle-down" or "laissez-faire". It's what congress gets erronis Jun 2019 #8

Socialism sounds brutally oppressive IronLionZion Jun 2019 #7

I knew that there was/is a better way of doing healthcare.... BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #9

Wow. Warmers?? cally Jun 2019 #10

ditto! catrose Jun 2019 #16

Yeah! I want warmers too! calimary Jun 2019 #18

wow... Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #12

And then we have America... MrScorpio Jun 2019 #26

"What type of sick fscking dystopia do we live in ...." area51 Jun 2019 #30

You can never expect that from a 45 Health Plan apkhgp Jun 2019 #13

Oh no, no. SergeStorms Jun 2019 #15

With him, you always have to ask "better for WHOM?" calimary Jun 2019 #19

He's never lied to us before! /SARCASMGASM Grokenstein Jun 2019 #43

Trust? apkhgp Jun 2019 #61

Demolishes the RW talking point about having to wait for healthcare when not privatized. suffragette Jun 2019 #14

the Brit system does have very long waits. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #55

Note: It seems this all happened in English. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #17

Almost everyone in Iceland speaks English DavidDvorkin Jun 2019 #20

Republicons consider bilingual people inferior. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #21

she corrected an error that set off my spidey sense (as I work in FOREX and was like wtf) Celerity Jun 2019 #23

spidey sense aka experience. 👍 Kurt V. Jun 2019 #29

300 Kronur is like 3 dollars IronLionZion Jun 2019 #34

I was so excited in 2997-2008 because kacekwl Jun 2019 #24

we can thank Joe Lieberman for the absence of a public option on the ACA yellowdogintexas Jun 2019 #37

🤬 BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2019 #48

That's what used to be called the practice of medicine. dchill Jun 2019 #27

In the U.S. system they string you along so that everyone makes money. YOHABLO Jun 2019 #31

Wow. I had no idea. But that IS Iceland. Not a lot of people there. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #32

Icelandic Cancer Society IronLionZion Jun 2019 #33

And you can fly there non-stop from the USA. Gumboot Jun 2019 #38

If lucky, one might get to fly on their Hekla Aurora plane IronLionZion Jun 2019 #45

As a cancer survivor Ohiogal Jun 2019 #35

My dad's nebulizer broke when we were in Paris on a vacation. gtar100 Jun 2019 #36

Similar experience in Dubai with just regular insurance JCMach1 Jun 2019 #39

when I was an infant I was in the hospital for six months (5 weeks ICU) gopiscrap Jun 2019 #40

There is NO excuse in a society as prosperous as ours not to have PatrickforO Jun 2019 #41

American Exceptionalism! Grokenstein Jun 2019 #44

America is the exception out of developed countries who have universal healthcare IronLionZion Jun 2019 #47

The absolute horrors of socialized/single-payer medicine Victor_c3 Jun 2019 #50

but **profit** OMG the PROFIT!!! Locrian Jun 2019 #51

I am sitting in a hospital room handmade34 Jun 2019 #52

I'm so sorry, handmade34! Lars39 Jun 2019 #58

This story should be condensed and made viral across the web. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #53

Iceland should be given the Nobel peace prize or something as big. They are demigoddess Jun 2019 #56

Maybe ONE of the DEM candidates will campaign for... SayItLoud Jun 2019 #57

is there a way to post her entire thread to Facebook The Mouth Jun 2019 #59

Just post the OP's URL in on you FB page MrScorpio Jun 2019 #60