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>'Would you rather live in a society where everyone has a right to medical care regardless of their social standing or financial wherewithal, but some people will die because of bureaucratic incompetence or because the person who could've saved them has no incentive to?'

That is delusional. As a doctor in a single payer country, I can categorically say that the quality of living of myself and my colleagues is excellent. In fact, for those not from privileged backgrounds (many, as we have relatively affordable tertiary education) not having a quarter to a half a million of debt" graduation actually means we are better off.

So there's that, then there's the fact that I aggregate, the level of care in Australia, or the uk, or Japan, or Germany, is actually substantially better than that I the US.

Inform yourself sir.




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