Message from @ZetaBlues

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2018-05-24 17:20:44 UTC  

oh we're better off

2018-05-24 17:20:49 UTC  

taxes be damned 😄

2018-05-24 17:20:54 UTC  

Owned

2018-05-24 17:21:20 UTC  

def better off....

2018-05-24 17:21:43 UTC  

but perhaps pay too much taxes... but thats youre choice really so its fine

2018-05-24 17:22:07 UTC  

i would pay more, to be out of the EU

2018-05-24 17:22:25 UTC  

It depends on what you call a tax

2018-05-24 17:22:32 UTC  

Look, man. I was talking about taxation without representation. At least our taxes get represented. In some way, we actually keep our government responsible.

2018-05-24 17:22:44 UTC  

Colonial America didn't have that option

2018-05-24 17:27:09 UTC  

i wonder if without the war of independence britain would have created the taxation of colonies act 1778

2018-05-24 17:28:58 UTC  

Doubtful

2018-05-24 17:31:22 UTC  

you can have affordable, available, or quality. but not all 3.

2018-05-24 17:33:19 UTC  

Our healthcare system is fucked up rn.

2018-05-24 17:33:48 UTC  

It's way more complicated than universal or let alone free

2018-05-24 17:34:15 UTC  

Corruption runs rampant, but damn is that corruption advantageous

2018-05-24 17:34:29 UTC  

which is here

2018-05-24 17:35:03 UTC  

what I find strange is that a lot of americans say healthcare is bad .. and look at canada as an example... which is rated one of the worst in the world 😛

2018-05-24 17:35:17 UTC  

lmao

2018-05-24 17:35:43 UTC  

American healthcare would be more affordable if we just stopped acting like insurance companies help us.

2018-05-24 17:36:10 UTC  

Well. They do.

2018-05-24 17:36:23 UTC  

And it's that kind of necessary evil

2018-05-24 17:37:44 UTC  

they go to doctors and hospitals, and ask for a discount for giving them "business". The doctors go "but... this is how much this procedure costs.... like, there is no discount to have" and the hospital goes "we will charge this stupid price, give you a discount on THAT price, then charge the uninsured this new price. And now that we have made up these numbers no one can pay, they can get the state to pay us! then we will not pay the doctors enough, understand, and walk away with pockets full"

2018-05-24 17:37:49 UTC  

I'm a firm believer, however, that necessary evil is still evil and thus should be eliminated. But I guess that makes me naive.

2018-05-24 17:38:26 UTC  

there is a literal ledger in hospitals of how much to charge for a procedure, and its basically made up.

2018-05-24 17:38:26 UTC  

I got a quote for private health insurance - £13 a month full cover

2018-05-24 17:38:35 UTC  

its ridiculous.

2018-05-24 17:38:46 UTC  

@Grenade123 I agree

2018-05-24 17:39:12 UTC  

but I would only ever need it for things the NHS doesnt cover... like rare crap

2018-05-24 17:39:27 UTC  

I negotiate procedure prices myself at hospitals. People don't know you can actually do that

2018-05-24 17:39:50 UTC  

I had to learn

2018-05-24 17:39:58 UTC  

before or after you had the procedure?

2018-05-24 17:40:18 UTC  

Both sometimes

2018-05-24 17:40:25 UTC  

lmao

2018-05-24 17:40:40 UTC  

Look, 2014 was a rough year for me physically

2018-05-24 17:41:43 UTC  

you are like lying on the table "what what what, how much is this gonna cost? 3000?! man, i'm walking out out of here if you can't come down to at least 1200."
"sir, you can't walk out of here."
"like hell i cant! you cant keep me!"
"no, i mean both your legs are broken."
"oh yeah? just watch me. 1200 or i'm walkin."

2018-05-24 17:41:55 UTC  

No not that. Lmao

2018-05-24 17:42:17 UTC  

i know, i'm jokin

2018-05-24 17:42:58 UTC  

I call the doctor's office for a colonoscopy. They tell me the time. I tell them I don't know that I can afford it. They send me to billing and discuss how much I'm able to pay.

2018-05-24 17:43:18 UTC  

I was without insurance for half a year

2018-05-24 17:44:38 UTC  

depending on how often you really need a hospital, probably be better off haggling them down when you need to go, and putting what you would be paying to insurance into a bank account

2018-05-24 17:44:57 UTC  

Basically