And yet, no Bernie, we won’t.
The only one country
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I live in one of the top countries and health insurance is almost required. Now its not as expensive but it could be thousands a year.
Doctor is expensive and difficult to get.
The US sucks but we suck too, just less.
Jhex@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
major?
lividweasel@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
“Western”
taiyang@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I mean, he included Japan and South Korea, among others that aren’t strictly “Western.” They are all US allies, though, which makes sense for a US Senator.
Dave@lemmy.nz 13 hours ago
Hey NZ is major now, don’t take that away from us!
affenlehrer@feddit.org 19 hours ago
Maybe compared to Liechtenstein and Vatican or something like that
Alfons@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Maybe he explicitly selected countries which declare in their constitution that access to healthcare is a basic human right. Again, this is just an assumption by my side.
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It’s true, we are beyond pathetic.
mrmisses@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
🇺🇸 shit hole country 🇺🇸
Fizz@lemmy.nz 11 hours ago
New Zealand mentioned as a major country. Very funny Mr Sander’s
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 11 hours ago
Hey, I was hoping to say that!
Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
What defines a “major country”?
Belgium, finland, denmark, and norway are quite small
bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Good point, but you still don’t have healthcare
thedarkfly@feddit.org 14 hours ago
I wouldn’t say that the Nordic countries are minor. As a Belgian, I’ll abstain on the status of Belgium.
But in no way I’d call Luxembourg major 😄
Anyway, this classification is subjective and reveals the personal biases of Sanders towards, apparently, rich countries.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I mean, yeah, he obviously talks about rich countries, that’s the whole thing. It’s easy to say why poor country wouldn’t have good universal healthcare, but for a rich one there is no excuse.
mirshafie@europe.pub 14 hours ago
Yeah, it’s more interesting that countries like Iran and Vietnam have very cheap or free basic medical services. Sure you might not get all of the resources that they can provide you in Sweden, but the principle is the same.
Lemmert@reddthat.com 16 hours ago
As Belgian, I can explain that with the fact that we are short kings
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
My guess is it’s a nicer way to say the common “1st world nation” terminology that developed after the world wars and modified a bit for economic growth and such.
Most “1st world nation” lists will be between 30-40 these days. 35 in this list
Saapas@piefed.zip 12 hours ago
>Finland
>Major country
Lol. Lmao even.
ddplf@szmer.info 1 hour ago
Sorry bud, but you guys are pretty fucking important to us - Eastern Europeans - right now, not gonna lie.
plyth@feddit.org 14 hours ago
There are wait times and a tendency to turn healthcare private by making the public option not good enough. Enough countries are on their way to copy the US.
The big problem is that the prices are decoupled from the costs. The US healthcare system would be affordable if insurance companies couldn’t negotiate for their own rates.
IPeaceInYourFace@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
America is not a major country.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Wake up. We maybe a really shitty attitude country, but, still one of the most “major” countries.
Saapas@piefed.zip 12 hours ago
It’s the third most populous and fourth largest by area. First by far in nominal GDP etc.
Definitely a major country
aoidenpa@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
America is a third world country, and people don’t recognise it… and I think that that’s pretty god damn sad, that they don’t recognise their own country as a third world, third rate, third class slum.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Shut up.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
MediCAID for all.
For anyone who walks in the door. Healthcare is a human right, and we should all support this.
QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 16 hours ago
America’s the fuccin’ worst
greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
And they just cut more funding 😑
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
You missed Taiwan.
kibblebits@quokk.au 21 hours ago
Too bad that isn’t gonna happen.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
>We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
-Ursula K Le Guin
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yeah… someone should do something about that.
I love you, Bernie, and you are one of the only ones I trust, but people are being murdered in the streets, it’s 50 degrees in the shade, we’re in a forever war with no goals, and all the water and electricity is being flushed down the toilet to make uncanny valley youtube homunculi explain how cryptocurrency works.
You can’t build a tower while the foundation is a burning swamp.
banause@feddit.org 14 hours ago
You can work on several issues at the same time. Especially when the time to result is so long as in politics.
volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
I once collapsed on the streets in Russia when I was an exchange student there. Started seeing a message bubble over and over in one eye, then collapsed, I couldn’t get “help” out. Idk what happened or how I got there but I woke up in the hospital. Someone must have called an ambulance and I had a CT scan of my head while I was out. They did blood work and whatnot. Got food, it was just oatmeal and bread, but I mean, it’s something.
I had traveller’s insurance and wackily tried to explain that this is common and a “I pay out of pocket they reimburse me” thing instead of Universal Basic Insurance so they decided nah not worth it just go home. I haven’t paid a single cent. I’m not even sure I’m in their records, although I did show my passport.
I was in the ER on another trip to Russia, they really can’t be bothered. Checked me for appendicitis and thankfully I was cleared for a flight home.
I mean they were hella rude and have that typical baseline of Russian angriness and annoyance but you know what, I got taken care of well.
Allero@lemmy.today 46 minutes ago
I’d say Russian medics are less angry and more tired and overburdened a lot of the time. This does reflect on their attitudes, but that’s not out of bad intent.
But yes, what you said is true, and that’s how it should be. Honestly, I’d rather just have emergency medical service get free of all that insurance paperwork and just do their thing. It’s not that they’ll ever deny medical service anyway.