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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Fri May 3, 2019, 12:41 AM May 2019

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She sent her sick son to college in Germany because of unaffordable US healthcare

Just before my Politics Done Right radio/media program today I got an email that should embarrass our politicians who are complicit in our immoral healthcare system. This woman sent her son off to Germany to go to college to take advantage of their excellent system. Her family cannot afford basic health insurance.

https://egbertowillies.com/2019/05/02/sick-son-college-germany-healthcare/

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She sent her sick son to college in Germany because of unaffordable US healthcare (Original Post) egbertowillies May 2019 OP

K&R smirkymonkey May 2019 #1

We have friends who moved here from Germany iamateacher May 2019 #2

Germany is a great example of how an individual mandate with private insurance can work Recursion May 2019 #3

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

1. K&R

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Fri May 3, 2019, 01:18 AM

May 2019

iamateacher

(1,089 posts)

2. We have friends who moved here from Germany

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 05:45 AM

May 2019

But moved back when their son became ill because of health insurance. They had work related health care here but were worried about cutbacks.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. Germany is a great example of how an individual mandate with private insurance can work

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 06:51 AM

May 2019

All it takes is the government being willing to set provider prices.

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