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pbxtech t1_j77sixt wrote

Could we give him medical just because he’s a person?

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WoodeeWitless t1_j78hk4f wrote

Unfortunately, there is too much money to be made in the medical industry.

$>people

Shit sucks. System fails innocent children.

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JustALittleAverage t1_j7a225n wrote

That the good part of living in a commie country like Sweden.

I need to go to the doctor, $20, that includes operations etc.

Need meds? Are you under 18? Free. Otherwise you don't have to pay more than $180 in a year before it gets... Free.

Dental, that's the thing that can cost you. Under 18? Free. Otherwise you can have to pay a bit, a root canal is about $400

Need sick days? Sure, have a years worth! You need a doctor's note after you've been sick for 7 days.

Vacation? Sure, here take 25 days paid per year - also the company have to give the between june-august (if you want), summer vacations is nice.

Need to work overtime? Sure, the payrate goes up the minute you go past 40 hours a week. No working for "free".

Also 10 days paid no questions asked leave for personal matters, let's say a parent passes away and you need to sort out stuff and go to the funeral.

Free schools, free lunches (that has to be nutritious), free schools bus rides.

Need to have kids in the kindergarten so you can work? Sure, fee is based on how much you make, so it is affordable. That can include evening/nights if you work those shifts (don't know about that first hand tho)

I pay taxes out of my ass for it tho, but I am happy do do it. I know my kids will be fed in school and I am not afraid of getting sick or having to go to the doctor.

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Omsus t1_j7aj63n wrote

> I pay taxes out of my ass for it tho, but I am happy do do it.

Besides, the difference isn't even that big between the US and the Nordic, at least not when you account for US payments that aren't taxes, e.g. health insurance. Or education...

And if you get into an accident, you won't be billed 3000 or 5000 dollars for an ambulance ride (not even joking). Medicines that are way more covered elsewhere can be pricey in America, like insulin. Et cetera, et cetera.

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moontiara16 t1_j7b7unv wrote

I’m in America and have decent dental insurance. I recently got a root canal that cost me ~$1600 out of pocket. 😭

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pbxtech t1_j7cir6i wrote

Decent dental insurance? That’s not a thing, is it?

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moontiara16 t1_j7cjmkd wrote

Haha, decent dental insurance in that the dentist and endodontist costs are “discounted” and then I have an additional $1000 to use for treatments varying from a filling to root canal.

I recently saw that someone did the calculation and it was cheaper for them to take a vacation in Spain for a week and get a root canal there. Of course, that didn’t include any follow up appointments.

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pbxtech t1_j7cidm1 wrote

I really admire these folks for showing their support for this child, however, I am quite embarrassed by how we treat the vulnerable. In spite of the subreddit name, I wasn’t uplifted but embarrassed.

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TrailJunky t1_j78mc5z wrote

Haha welcome to America. This is how the wealthy keep the less fortunate in line. Eat the rich.

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loonygecko t1_j791j6b wrote

Read the article, he already got medical care through the state, the teacher learned about it when he was already recovering and then adopted him.

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loonygecko t1_j79ch4k wrote

Nice try at strawmanning and moving the goal posts but that's obviously not what I said.

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loonygecko t1_j791h2v wrote

Read the article, he already got medical care through the state, the teacher learned about it when he was already recovering and then adopted him.

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pbxtech t1_j79ejdj wrote

What? good lord that so wasn’t the point.

Nobody asked to be born, it should never be a question in the richest country in the history of the world.

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loonygecko t1_j79paea wrote

> Nobody asked to be born,

Wow, those goal posts were forcibly ejected from the womb with some very fast legs LOL!

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pbxtech t1_j7chc1d wrote

What does that mean? Is taking care of vulnerable children’s healthcare the goal posts? What is “LOL” about it?

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WillNeverCheckInbox t1_j79iina wrote

He has medical care. They removed him from his biological family because they kept missing appointments. Probably the reason why he had two below knee amputations and an arm amputation. Try reading the article instead of karma-whoring with outrage.

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NotAPreppie t1_j796ndz wrote

Not in Uncle Sam's 'Murica... he has to pull himself up by his bootstraps and build the next Amazon or Apple in his garage.

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CaravelClerihew t1_j79r7y3 wrote

Treating people like people?! Those weren't the freedoms that the founding fathers fought for!

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mariegalante t1_j7ayksu wrote

He definitely has free medical care through our state health insurance program and likely did right from birth. CT is really good about providing free health care to children and we have excellent hospital systems but lots of parents have a hard time taking care of their kids, even with support.

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