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Crombienator t1_j71trg4 wrote

Reply to comment by Pruedrive in CT residents would see billions in medical debt erased under Lamont plan: 'It's the right thing to do' by savings2015

First, the system absolutely needs to be fixed, and you do have greedy people abusing the system for profit no doubt. Second, there seems to be a massive misunderstanding about the difference between coverage and care. Simply erasing the fiscal woes in healthcare in no way guarantees universal "care." What good is having affordable insurance(or even free) when you have few doctors willing to participate in the government telling them what to charge, how much they can make, and what care they HAVE to provide. Is every doctor equal? Do they have the exact same qualifications? Do they all try the same? Do they all care the same? Pretending there aren't massive issues with the rest of the "industrial world" is just foolish.

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Pruedrive t1_j71uys8 wrote

I’m not sure how many people go into the medical field solely for financial gain… I would hope medical professionals are there cause they want to help people first and foremost. If this dissuades people from that line of work because, the government steps in and says, hey you really shouldn’t be making people go into debt for the rest of their lives, over circumstances that often are outside of their control just because you can.. well then fuck fuck those people. What’s even the point to having a Hippocratic Oath, if you are going to put a financial barrier between you and your patients. Now understand, I’m all for medical professionals being well paid.. but we pay stupid amounts for our healthcare in this country that a multitude of our other peer nations don’t, and there are huge factors to that, mainly how we pay for our healthcare.

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Crombienator t1_j71wrdx wrote

The best doctors in the world aren’t gonna work 60 hours a week for cheese. Can’t they care, and want to make a good living for there time and investment?

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shotpun t1_j73ws60 wrote

teachers are literally doing that right now and have been since the 80s

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Crombienator t1_j77zr1r wrote

With all respect to teachers. These two not even in the same stratosphere for comparison.

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