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Lets say the now thinkable happens and we end up with an authoritarian government!

Their first command is of coffee, pets, equality, TV, welfare, free speech, alcohol, cars, social media, passport.. you can keep only 3!

Which would you choose?
 
Indus said:
Lets say the now thinkable happens and we end up with an authoritarian government!

Their first command is of coffee, pets, equality, TV, welfare, free speech, alcohol, cars, social media, passport.. you can keep only 3!

Which would you choose?
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those

As you can see, I really am a progressive
 
Muse said:
Well, from a personal perspective, I wouldn't need the welfare. Yes, my passport would let me GTFO. Should Trump win, that will be on my mind immediately.
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It's already been on my mind because even if I was a stupid single issue voter.. kicking criminal migrants out wouldn't be my first and most important issue.

It'd be healthcare..

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.

UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Denmark - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
United States - 643,000
 
Indus said:
It's already been on my mind because even if I was a stupid single issue voter.. kicking criminal migrants out wouldn't be my first and most important issue.

It'd be healthcare..

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.

UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Denmark - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
United States - 643,000
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But look at the profits of our medical system. Totally worth it!
 
Indus said:
It's already been on my mind because even if I was a stupid single issue voter.. kicking criminal migrants out wouldn't be my first and most important issue.

It'd be healthcare..

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.

UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Denmark - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
United States - 643,000
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I'm on Medicare, so at least so far I've been able to afford my medical coverage. But getting all I'd like out of my top-rated HMO has proven to be quite the challenge. Now, info I've seen is that if I was Canadian it would probably be tougher, a lot tougher. You won't go broke but you might be waiting like forever to get treated.
 
Muse said:
I'm on Medicare, so at least so far I've been able to afford my medical coverage. But getting all I'd like out of my top-rated HMO has proven to be quite the challenge. Now, info I've seen is that if I was Canadian it would probably be tougher, a lot tougher. You won't go broke but you might be waiting like forever to get treated.
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Results vary. I've heard those stories about Canadian (and UK) healthcare, but also stories of it going significantly better than the US. Even in our paid system, sometimes you get to wait. I know someone that had scheduled a consultation for surgery, the date was a few months out. Time passes, the consult gets bumped another few months to the next year. When my son was referred to a specialist for a thyroid issue, the nearest appointment was months out.
 
Here, it’s weeks for a nurse practitioner and months for a doctor. I haven’t had a primary care physician in nine years, none available. I go to urgent care on the rare occasions I need a doctor. The issues politicians argue about wrt healthcare are laughably disconnected from my reality.
 
IronWing said:
Here, it’s weeks for a nurse practitioner and months for a doctor. I haven’t had a primary care physician in nine years, none available. I go to urgent care on the rare occasions I need a doctor. The issues politicians argue about wrt healthcare are laughably disconnected from my reality.
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Where is here?
 
IronWing said:
Arizona
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That's fucked up.

Here in New York, my primary care doctor is walk in and he's been the same primary care doctor my family have had since 1992.

He'll be retiring soon so I am a little concerned but so far I did manage to keep my doctors with Obamacare!

The specialists it takes about 2-3 months to get an appointment unless it's an emergency. My wife had a really bad reaction to a drug and she was given next day appointment with the specialist.

However ER wait times are ridiculous.. that same bad reaction to a drug was an 8 hour wait in the ER.

And when I was living overseas.. I'd meet a lot of brits who would get dental work done overseas as they said waiting times are like over a year and they need their fillings done now!
 
nakedfrog said:
Results vary. I've heard those stories about Canadian (and UK) healthcare, but also stories of it going significantly better than the US. Even in our paid system, sometimes you get to wait. I know someone that had scheduled a consultation for surgery, the date was a few months out. Time passes, the consult gets bumped another few months to the next year. When my son was referred to a specialist for a thyroid issue, the nearest appointment was months out.
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I got surgery on both hands, carpal tunnel release, 12 and 6 weeks ago. Wait wasn't very long at all, but my diagnosis was SEVERE both hands, so that undoubtedly factored in. They were outpatient, less than an hour and out the door after a short recovery from anesthesia (less than an hour, but I was required to be driven home). They scheduled me first thing in the morning, like get there at 6:00AM.
 
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Muse said:
I got surgery on both hands, carpal tunnel release, 12 and 6 weeks ago. Wait wasn't very long at all, but my diagnosis was SEVERE both hands, so that undoubtedly factored in.
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Do I recall you saying you have Kaiser? I've heard generally good things about them.
 
nakedfrog said:
Do I recall you saying you have Kaiser? I've heard generally good things about them.
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Top rated, yeah, but everybody says they are in a rush, and I've found that to be pretty much the m.o. Seldom do you get the feeling that they are taking their time with you. They have a lot of good doctors, is my experience. However, when I had a foot problem about 20 years ago I must have gone through 1/2 dozen of their local podiatrists, no solution. Then I went out of network and saw a woman doctor close to me who recommended a Kaiser podiatrist who was 60 miles from me (Santa Rosa, CA). He was a former Olympic qualifier in the marathon. He correctly diagnosed my problem and operated on me, in Santa Rosa. I had to drive there multiple times, of course, and for follow up. He's retired now. That and the recent carpal tunnel surgeries either side of Xmas are the only times they've operated on me. Well, I had a colonoscopy, that's not exactly an operation, it's an inspection.

What's said about Kaiser is that you have to work them, work the system. I met a guy who said you have to have an advocate, at least for certain circumstances. To get what he wanted out of them he would go to great lengths. At least some of this had to do with his aging mother.

I had a grievance a year or two ago concerning a certain doctor. I complained several times, nothing. The doctor never acknowledged that we'd had a video consultation. I therefore couldn't message her. I made a formal complaint, got nowhere. I gave up on it.
 
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Indus said:
Lets say the now thinkable happens and we end up with an authoritarian government!

Their first command is of coffee, pets, equality, TV, welfare, free speech, alcohol, cars, social media, passport.. you can keep only 3!

Which would you choose?
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Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol to cope with the loss of the others of course
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
If nobody is allowed alcohol though, you can get the rest if you have enough alcohol.
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I have tons of alcohol in the house, all manner. Whiskeys, gin, vodkas, tequilas, wine, brews of various kinds, a slew of liqueurs. I never go for any of it when under stress.
 
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