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Jan 25, 2020, 10:47 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
I could not agree more with your assessment, sadly. I do think some of the Scandinavian countries may seem to have this all figured out a bit better, but I am surely no expert.
The United States is not the land of opportunity. That ended long, long ago. It is the land of the 0.1%.
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My son is a world traveler (seriously) and has lived in several European cities. He has traveled to the Scandinavian countries and found them remarkably well-managed, with an excellent health care system. But then, all 1st-world countries have superior health care to us.
I visited my son in Paris a few years ago and lost my glasses while there. I'm very dependent on my glasses (and contact lenses) and was shaking at the thought of what replacing glasses in a foreign country would cost. Well, I walked into an optometrists office...received a free thorough eye exam and purchased glasses at such a low cost that I was dazed.
I told the optometrist that I am an American citizen - he was "Parisian cranky" - but assured me that there was no problem with the free exam.
Our health care system is an embarrassment.
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