0011 - Healthcare, America’s got You Covered (rules and restrictions apply)
The lack of a healthcare system doesn’t work for millions of Americans. Yet, some think it is the greatest healthcare system in the world. Sqeaky and Mako discuss this and back their points of view with sources and hard numbers… and it isn’t. But we have numbers showing just how bad it is, and it could be worse, doctors could be giving out shots with guns instead of syringes. Listen to find out how bad it is and hear a few common myths being shot down. Read the show notes and sources at: https://dysevidentia.transistor.fm/episodes/healthcare-america-s-got-you-covered-rules-and-restrictions-apply or listen on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Err7YaCHMA Nicehash Sponsor: https://www.nicehash.com/?refby=eda23ada-5de2-4374-8816-3631679dbf9e
The Full Rant Text [1:38] -
HeadLines and Sources
- A Few Definitions [5:20]
- Some definitions - https://www.wpshealth.com/resources/customer-resources/health-insurance-terminology.shtml
- Copay - what you pay the doctor when you get service
- Deductible - How much you pay before insurance starts paying
- Coinsurance % - how much you pay after you have paid the deductible
- Premium - What you pay every month.
- Some definitions - https://www.wpshealth.com/resources/customer-resources/health-insurance-terminology.shtml
- Myths [10:08]
- “Capitalism will produce the cheapest solution to healthcare.” [11:00]
- “America has the best healthcare system in the world.” [16:49]
- “People come to the US for healthcare!” [25:15]
- “Those socialist countries all have long wait times” [30:21]
- The truth about waiting to see a doctor in Canada - https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/podcast/2018/oct/truth-about-waiting-see-doctor-canada
- Assessing wait times - https://healthydebate.ca/2020/09/topic/assessing-wait-times-in-canadian-eds/
- Any excuse that trumpcare will save us [38:22]
- Is not a thing - https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/affordable-care-act/trumpcare-2019
- Is not a thing - https://www.medicareadvantage.com/resources/trumpcare-explained
- Still isn’t a thing - https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/affordable-care-act/trumpcare-vs-obamacare
- People dislike Obamacare but like ACA - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obamacare-vs-affordable-care-act_b_4044579
- *Bonus Sources* - Repealing Obamacare [40:02]
- Many attempts to repeleas obamacare, 100 in House- https://howmanytimeshasthehousevotedtorepealobamacare.com/
- 538 on McCain’s key vote - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-obamacare-repeal-failed/
- 4 Senate votes - https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/How_many_GOP_senators_voted_to_repeal_Obamacare
- *Bonus Sources* - The war on drugs is racist [41:44]
- Great overview - https://drugpolicy.org/issues/race-and-drug-war
- Nixon silencing post civil-rights black people intentionally - https://medium.com/human-nature/the-war-on-drugs-racist-history-b60b80576545
- White people sell more and get arrested less - https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xwybd/the-war-on-drugs-remains-as-racist-as-ever-statistics-show
- Problems with Our Healthcare [48:30]
- A listener told us some problems:
- “we have to make a choice once a year and stick with it. It's not like there is much of a choice, either”
- “getting pre-approvals from someone who isn't a doctor that gets to decide if my doctor is wrong in prescribing me a procedure”
- Life expectancy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
- https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/infant-mortality-u-s-compare-countries/
- Wiki infant mortality - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates
- How Many Americans Are Uninsured (2021) - https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/how-many-uninsured-americans/
- Where to Start if Insurance Has Denied Your Service and Will Not Pay - https://www.patientadvocate.org/explore-our-resources/insurance-denials-appeals/where-to-start-if-insurance-has-denied-your-service-and-will-not-pay/
- Opening Arguments on HCSM - https://openargs.com/oa497-christian-health-sharing-is-a-scam/
- John oliver on HCSM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFetFqrVBNc
- Charts on problems (clearly partisan, but cites sources) - https://www.mhealthtalk.com/people-like-aca/
- A listener told us some problems:
- Alternatives [1:04:55]
- Healthcare by country - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_systems_by_country
- Comparisons of Health Care Systems in the United States, Germany and Canada - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633404/