The first to show up was a worker without medical insurance who accidentally had his ring and middle fingers amputated at work and had to choose between $12,000 to fix his ring finger or nearly $80,000 to fix his middle finger. In the end, I gave up the middle finger on the grounds that the ring finger is more romantic (representing commitment) and of course cheaper (probably can no longer express anger, hehe).
Of course, in our opinion, this is not so tragic. After all, there are more people around us who have to give up chemotherapy, dialysis, and life because they have no money to pay for medical expenses.
Then, the director started interviewing people with health insurance. However, very few are satisfied with the compensation. People are denied payouts for a variety of reasons, or pay only a small portion. There was a mother who refused treatment because her child had a high fever and the nearest hospital was not contracting with the insurance company. The mother had to go to the designated hospital for more than an hour, but her child stopped breathing forever.
Some people who used to work in insurance companies revealed that they were trained to find faults in rejecting claims from policyholders, and the more rejections, the higher the salary. As a result, some employees have also done some unconscionable things, watching those who need help go to despair. There are also some employees who resigned because they could not stand this psychological torture.
In fact, this is understandable. After all, an insurance company is also a profitable company, not a charitable organization. The problem is still in the system, how can the health of the people be guaranteed by for-profit institutions?
At this point, we can't help but laugh at Americans, how can we trust insurance companies so much, and why don't we want to save enough "crossing the river" for ourselves like the Chinese people.
It is said that people are more mad than people, and seeing Americans are also miserable, we seem to be a bit balanced. But the Americans, of course, disdain to compare with us, they set their sights on Europe. They were amazed at the comprehensive medical care of all citizens in the UK, and at the child welfare in France (from birth to university graduation, tuition fees are free, and free babysitters will be provided to liberate mothers with children).
Americans were amazed, and we seemed to see heaven. The common question is, who pays the money?
Interviewed a doctor in the UK who earns a decent monthly salary, lives in a three-story villa and drives an Audi, all of which are provided by the government. And a doctor's performance is assessed by the patients he cures. For example, he successfully persuaded his patients to quit smoking!
I also interviewed a French family with 4 children. They have no loans and no burdens. The biggest monthly expenses are vegetables and yogurt, as well as holidays...
It turns out that there is really no need to repay loans and save The life of "crossing the river money"!
You may say that their country is rich! Does America have any money? Does Brazil have any money? Brazil, a place painted by the United States as a purgatory ruled by a dictator, also implements a free medical system for all. The most ironic thing is that the director ended up taking several desperate American patients to Brazil for free treatment. A patient with chronic breathing problems saw her medication in a Brazilian pharmacy, which costs $120 in the U.S. and only 2 cents in Brazil! What a difference this is, she wept bitterly. In order to cure the disease, she has been working hard for 20 years, and in Brazil, it only takes 2 cents!
Finally, the director believes that, like in Britain and France, the government is to please the people, while in the United States, the people are afraid of the government. This is the root of everything.
Seeing this, what can we say...
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