[galenko]

The first paragraph kind of ignores the homeless and the poor and even Mr Average Joe, who's got a list of medical conditions, which he can't afford to fix, so getting himself locked up for a while, just to get access to healthcare, doesn't sound insane.

Can you imagine that? Remain free and barely be able to put food on the table for your family or go to prison, just to solve a medical problem?

[skrebbel]

Good point. I keep forgetting how bad it really is in the USA.

[happyscrappy]

Europeans are amazingly gullible. No one in the US can be denied medical care thanks to Kennedy and unlike Germany doctors don't have to report the patient to authorities if they are here illegally.

[techsupporter]

> No one in the US can be denied medical care

Sure they can, except for immediate emergencies and for pregnancy labor[0]. Immediate emergencies are not preventative or palliative care, nor are they a substitute for a comprehensive health care system available to everyone.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_an...

[objectivetruth]

Yeah, it's Europeans that are gullible. You're the one who thinks everyone in America gets medical care no matter what their circumstances. There is no non-evil reason for an American to post what you posted.

[happyscrappy]

You should try to live up to your name.

[objectivetruth]

http://www.pnhp.org/excessdeaths/health-insurance-and-mortal...

http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10367&page=163

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411588_uninsured_dying.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829431/

Tell me more about how Americans can't be denied healthcare, please.

http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/09/27/because-fox-aske...

[malka]

homeless people commiting crime only to get a roof over their head, and food is already a thing. Such a sad society we live in.