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(35,961 posts)Universal healthcare is a system where every citizen resident has access to medical treatment that won't leave them with out-of-pocket expenses. My understanding is that ACA gave every US citizen access to private health insurance policies, which is a bit of a different thing. What my country gives is basic medical care for all citizens or permanent residents. There's going to be things that lie outside that, like drugs that haven't been yet been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, treatments that aren't available in Australia etc. But for most people like me, who break our legs or have a stroke or get Covid, our system will fix us up and send us home and not charge us a cent.
I'm assuming that ACA will expand further under Biden once he's cleaned up the almighty fucked up mess left behind by Trump, and ACA will probably be the path for the US to get what we have in other countries. I hope that happens, and that health insurance is uncoupled from employment (my niece was WTF??? when she got a job with Costco when they opened here and the American head honcos offered everyone health insurance).
Anyway, don't get me wrong. I totally get how different it is in the US, and how what seems simple to me, simply isn't. An example (and I'm embarrassed now to admit it) is that I blamed Obama for not enacting enough change, and didn't realise till far too late that the Republicans controlled the Senate and did their best to destroy what he tried to enact...
My head honestly hurts when I see things about wearing masks in the US. What has happened to common-sense??? Though with a massive outbreak in Melbourne and state borders closed, a Melbourne based conspiracy theorist managed to get past the roadblocks and get to Canberra to attend some protest where people without masks complain about wearing a mask in a city where only the very vulnerable wear masks anyway. After thinking up some Game of Thrones-style punishments (being refused bail just wasn't enough for me given I have elderly parents and a child who's high risk. My rage levels are pretty high after a three-month lockdown), I decided deporting the wanker to his soul mates in the US was the best option. Unfortunately, no-one listens to me
I don't know if anything like this has happened in the US yet, but it's happened in Melbourne. Words cant describe how disgusted I am with whoever did this...
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-melbourne-fake-playground-sign-says-children-can-use-equipment/news-story/da826fa849dc6ba1f18e2dc14e4d4d84
Stay safe (assuming yr in the US)