SOCIALISM IS KILLING OUR YOUTH

srsly

Why are Americans still in the Cold Par/Post WWII mentality that "BETTER DED DEN RED".

I mean, shit, sometimes we DO have to take care of our citizens and not just worry about price...maybe...(did I cross the line by saying that?)

Fuck, I like Medicare. If it weren't for that I wouldn't been able to afford the-aw fuck it, before this turns into a thread about me.

But yeah, a little socialism never hurt anybody you fucking money hungry pieces of shit GO CHINA.

Okay, as far as socialized or at least reformed health care goes, I have a good, personal story. In my high school years (only a couple years ago, now) my father was about 8 or so years into multiple sclerosis and didn't take terribly good care of his body at that, so he didn't really have the drive to do much, let alone work a job. We got social security because my mother died when I was young, and he got disability payments, which were cut in half because of the social security. His insurance also covered some of his cheap meds that helped him get some energy and lift his mood, but not the daily betaseron/copaxone injections that actually help prevent the disease from getting worse. We couldn't really afford additionally health insurance for me because we always saved up for vehicle patch-ups (a car that's as old as I am, a truck that's older)and other emergencies (We lived in the outskirts of a town, one of the only places we could afford rent. Going anywhere required a motorized vehicle). My dad tried to get me into the MI Child health care program which I believe was free. Unfortunately, he received too much money from SS and disability insurance to get me into the program.

TL;DR: When I was in my teens, my father had too much income to get me into a state sponsored program and too little to afford buying insurance. I think that's a pretty big problem.