A sad twist

Then you'll just be in debt forever.

Better than being dead, and there's nothing stopping you from improving your own economic situation. Unless you're dead, in which case it doesn't really matter anymore.

I don’t know how you can be happy with that arrangement

If you think you shouldn't have a right to stuff other people make or do then the arrangement seems better.

you mean people should have to work for good and services they want or need? you sick bastards.

Yup.

People in countries with 'free' healthcare still pay for it but through taxes rather than at the point of use, it just gives a bit of protection to the most vulnerable people in our societies.

Good for you.

I'm pretty sure places like the US actually have health care for poor people anyway.

We have healthcare for everyone. Difference is, you're responsible for yourself.

So why do we hear so many stories about people going into debt for what would be standard treatment in the UK?

Because, as policy, we don't steal from our neighbors to benefit ourselves.

famousone there not going to get it, there never going to get it. They think free health care is actually free.

Seeing as @mistoffelees stated we pay for it though taxes, I’m not sure how you think we believe it’s free

And I'm saying that we don't want to steal from our neighbors just to cover our own asses.

And I don't want my elderly neighbours dying because they can't afford basic treatment

You cannot be denied treatment based on an inability to pay.

Ok, I don't want my elderly neighbours to feel like they have to get into debt or sell their house to afford basic treatment

That's their problem, not everyone else's.

To be fair I don't think anyone in countries with free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare is ever going to understand the mentality of paid healthcare countries and vice versa. It seems to be a completely different society and way of thinking, a good example of why you can't just pick and choose the best bits of other countries and try and shoe horn them into another country.

But can I ask, if treatment isn't denied why are there stories like the one in the picture?

That's a staggeringly selfish attitude to have in my opinion

He decided that the cost wasn't worth it. It was his right, and his alone, to make that decision.

What I think is selfish is thinking that you're entitled to other people's money to solve your own problems.

Everyone pays taxes so everyone is entitled. Do you not believe in free at the point of use education either?

That's a different issue. Education has repercussions that go far beyond the individual. That's what taxes are supposed to be for, like roads, libraries, or emergency services.

Health care goes beyond the individual, unless you are a hermit with no family and no job.

Then the job and family can help deal with the cost.

Clearly not in all cases because we wouldn't see stories like the one in the picture

Perhaps he was one of those hermits you mentioned?

Nope, he had a girlfriend and two stepsons

Then he decided for himself that it wasn't worth it. Are we gonna keep going in circles?

As I said I don't think either of us will 'get' the other person's viewpoint. To me, lots of people who can't prioritise healthcare are valuable members of society who I would like to keep alive and healthy and I don't mind my taxes going towards that.
To you, it's an each for their own world where people exist independently from society, apart from when they're providing services such as teaching, maintaining roads or in the emergency services. (Tongue firmly in cheek for my interpretation of your view by the way!)

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