There are stark age differences in who approves Younger people actually approve by a small margin. Older people disapprove by a large margin.
Everyone seems to be wringing their hands at the number of young women who are influenced by how hot he is. This is disturbing, but has been happening for years. I recall similar gushing and sympathy for the Boston Marathon bombers.
Yet the congratulations and approval started before anyone knew who he was, based on their approval of the act. I am relieved that his motive seems to be psychotic, not political. But the people cheering him on do not have that excuse.
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"“But we want a man hag-ridden by the Future – haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth – ready to break [God's] commands in the present if by so doing we make him think he can attain the one or avert the other[.]" -- Screwtape, Letter 15
Your subtitle is "Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud." All the cheers, while deplorable, say out loud how utterly the health insurance industry is hated--deeply hated. It was no secret, of course, but it may have frightened Anthem into backtracking on a recent decision to refuse to cover anesthesia going on beyond the estimate given before the operation.
Earl’s got a point.
I wonder if, though, we’d be killing bureaucrats for the same reasons if we had a socialized medicine system. Now that doesn’t sound so bad, does it?
As I almost said in my first post, I post on the web site Quora, where the subject of the American medical system comes up fairly regularly. I have never encountered an American's description of European medical care, when they were visiting, be other than positive, and I've never encountered a European description of American medical care (or rather the insurance) to be anything than scorn or pity. And I will second that from personal experience. It sucks here. It just does.
IIRC Anthem backtracked before the shooting. I remember hearing long time ago (mid 80s maybe) that it was the advent of health insurance that initiated the rise in the status of doctors to "Professionals" by guaranteeing them a more certain income for services. I didn't pay close enough attention in that class to have noted a citation for that assertion, if there was one.
@Earl - I don't post on Quora, but sometimes find myself sucked into reading there. I do have a sister who has lived in the UK for almost 40 years and has had dealings with US healthcare and insurance before she moved and on subsequent visits. Since we share genetics, we also share some similar health problems. Don't believe everything you read on Quora.
My son in Norway would say the same. He is pleased that regular medical care is paid for, but dislikes the quality and the wait or expense of anything remotely elective. He goers to Romania for his dental work and had to drive 600 miles and stay overnight to get his elective surgery done.
The American system is far and away the leader in innovations. It provides more accurate diagnoses and treatment. Once you have got a sure diagnosis and treatment, it is of course better to move to a more socialised system - until an improved treatment is developed the next year and you wonder if that might be better.
Dana Farber has to limit the number of Canadians coming down for second opinions or they would be unable to server Americans adequately.
The young people who hate the system are often those who have to buy mandatory expensive insurance. The irony is how many of them want the Democrats to fix things Even More, after Obama fixed all this over a decade ago.
There is no place in the world where you will like what you receive if you have a complicated chronic condition. The only thing I really know is mental health, but I can assure you on that one: don't have psychiatric problems anywhere but America. The Scandis aren't terrible, but don't equal us.
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