Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Viral Hospital Bill Tweet = Epic TrumpCare Counterpoint" video.

One, the condition this kid had was rare and thus will be expensive from the very beginning. Next, Ben Shapiro did a segment on the NHS and them basically forcing a baby die. So it goes both ways.
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Yes, healthcare should be affordable for everyone. Now how do you do it? We lack doctors, nurses, surgeons, researcher, etc. Also, there is a strong argument in how insurance should only cover serious, expensive, unplanned situations. Car insurance does not cover oil changes, so why should healthcare insurance cover routine check ups? Now I know why that happens, and it deals with the payroll tax and the reason why employers pay with healthcare insurance. But for Ana to just dismiss the argument shows a high level of ignorance.
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"And preventative maintenance, reduces the need and cost of 'unplanned situations' spending $50 on a checkup can save 50,000, 10 years later." Preventative care is not going to stop you from getting hurt in a car accident which is what insurance should cover. Preventative care is not going to cure cancer which is what insurance should cover. Most preventative care can come from healthy eating and exercise. The idea that preventative care can prevent catastrophic situations is mainly not true. Sure, a routine check up may catch the cancer sooner. But if you are going to get cancer you either 1. were doing something unhealthy to begin with 2. were going to get it anyway The two insurances are very comparable as with an oil change you can plan on how and when to do it and schedule it and budget it. With routine check ups you can do the same. You can have providers compete which will lower prices. Also, people without insurance can afford to get check ups as well. Instead it is all dependent on insurance which is a problem. Insurance should be simply that, insurance. It should not be care.
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"noone ever claimed that. and insurance does cover it already.. at least here anyway. this point is irrelevant." The point is relevant a insurance should cover situations that are expensive and unplanned. "but it detects it earlier, allowing you to not only have a better chance of surviving" I mentioned that. But cancer is cancer and is challenging to tackle. I said that routine checkups can catch that and people should do routine check ups every year. I do. I do a routine check up every year and get checked for STDs twice a year. It costs, all together, around $100 total if my insurance did not pay for it. That is not much for a year. But those situations are ones you can schedule and should pay out of pocket. In doing so you force providers to compete. I am not opposed to preventative care. I am just saying it should be paid for out of pocket and not covered by insurance if the consumer of a particular plan of insurance choices to do that.
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"Now though, if one of your paid checkups returns with a need for a CTscan to 'check' for something that may or may not be a problem.. is this covered? or at your own expense? " That can depend on the plan you buy. At that point you are getting into the area of what type of healthcare plans do you want to buy. Can you afford catastrophic care only or can you afford anything extra. Maybe your plan will lower your rate if you get routine checkups. Maybe your plan will pay for a CT scan every other year. You are getting into the area of what the consumer wants to buy themselves. But in the end people should have that option. "I'm happy knowing, if anything happens to me anywhere in this country. I will be picked up and transported by ambulance to a hospital and treated for whatever i need for $0 out of pocket. I pay, as we all do, 2% income tax to fund public health, and I'm covered literally for anything, anywhere. GP's are free, basic medicines are heavily subsidised." I am happy knowing that the US leads the world in research and innovation in healthcare and technology and we can treat rare cases like what was mentioned in this video. I am happy knowing I am not at the mercy of the government like Charlie Gard was. I am happy knowing that I don't have to wait on a waiting list to receive care. Every system has flaws. To feel that the system you live in does not have flaws is ignorance. I don't say that to be rude, I say that because people need to understand that. There is no such thing as an ideal system. I feel they system I want is better as it leads to lower prices, better quality, and freedom for the consumers giving them the power as opposed to giving power to the government and/or insurance companies.
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