For the majority of Americans, it is, whether it’s called rationing or a high deductible. I’m not sure if a baseline level of public coverage (or public option replaceable with private coverage) would actually make our system worse.
And I’m still frustrated that my aunt needed to wait quite a while to have a PET scan approved for a form of cancer that can grow pretty rapidly if untreated.
It’s almost as if her private insurer said “meh, it would be cheaper if she died in 6 months rather than us paying for treatment.”
