I am one of the many americans that needs constant healthcare due to very complicated medical issues that could potentially kill me(And some that wont) such as high blood pressure, seizures, hypoglycemia, spine damage, nerve damage,sleep apnea, and the muscles in my knee are damaged also, at any point i could have a stroke, heart attack, or just simply go to sleep and never wake up.

I can't afford healthcare, i haven't seen a regular doctor in 2 years, i rack up debt every time i have to go to the ER just to get a 'bandaid' solution instead of getting the issue fixed, this countries healthcare system is so messed up people in africa have more access to medical care than most americans do and the sad thing is the people in power have absolutely no intent on fixing it.

And according to the government, i am still able to work while not being able to walk correctly and sit/stand for a long period of time without extreme pain.

I'm a military vet AND i have a great job. I'm set for healthcare for myself, while my spouse and kids have to use the corporate crap that my job gives me.

Long story short, my wife gets a concussion the other week. So I load her and the kids up and head to the new urgent care facility on the south edge of town. I pay the 30 bucks, the place isn't busy, she sees a doctor within five minutes. The doctor wants to give her a head CT to make sure it's not serious, and there's one right across the hall and it's not busy. That's the POINT of this new facility, it's hospital quality and designed to relieve overcrowding on the emergency rooms.

But then we learn WHY it's not busy. The doctor can't give her the head CT until the insurance company approves it. So we wait. Four hours. During that time there is only one other patient. At that point, the insurance company calls back and says that they cannot approve the procedure unless it's done at an emergency room.

Now I know why they did it. A cat scan costs about $1500. They want to make us wait, and then tell us to go to the ER where we'll wait another 8 or 10 hours. They know a concussion is usually minor, and they're banking on the fact that my wife will say "Screw it" and instead she'll go home and they won't have to pay for the medical scan.

That is exactly what happened, so their system worked.

Healthcare will always be broken in the United States until it is no longer done for profit and for the benefit for shareholders. Fixing that might be "socialism", but so freaking what? It's just common sense to enable our population to utilize the health care we as a society are capable of providing. Figure out a way to do it and just... do it. Dammit.

I'll be voting for Ron Paul.

We are very lucky up here fox, PHRC in peterborough is the busiest ER in ontario. But it is also one of the most unreliable atm, they don't like doing xrays or scans :/ But besides that, here's a cost figure for you.

Mental health in North Carolina at Moses Cone Behavioural health centre (personal experience on this one): $1400 per night

ER visit for a broken wrist at Moses Cone ER Greensboro, NC (personal experience): $800 dollars for initial treatment.

These are both with a workers discount due to my mum.

Myeah... My youngest kids were born in December 2008. Anna and Aiden, a minute apart. The insurance paid for Anna's birth 100%, but to this day they're telling me that Aiden is out of plan and I owe $17,000 for him.

Statistically, the insurance company denies a certain percentage of legitimate claims just to try and save their shareholders some money. Anna's twin brother was one of those. Thankfully OSU Hospital isn't buying their #&@% and isn't forcing me to pay for it.