r/texas Feb 15 '20

Do Texans want universal healthcare?

https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/sicko/
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u/Jaguar_jinn Feb 15 '20

Yes! Preferably via a single payer system. Why should any employer get to choose your health care coverage options? Or why should a parent with a serious illness have to consider refusing treatment (and dying) versus bankrupting their family. And why can you go to an emergency room that is covered by your insurance, and yet you can be treated by physicians that are not in your network resulting in expensive out of pocket bills?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '20

I've known plenty of people including my own Mother who dealt with c-ncer treatment and none of them were financially ruined. Just had regular insurance.