(June 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm)Metonymie Wrote:Quote:I don't know what it means to be an American. I think I'd be happier to be one if my fellow citizens weren't married to their insanity. I believe in reason, personally. I'll will and do stand up for that as much as possible. If that makes me "Un-American", then fuck America.
That's an interesting point to me, because I, of course, have no idea what being american means. In Germany people don't identify with their country. Patriotism is, more or less, a taboo (I guess, I don't have to explain why).
(A bit off topic, I know)
To healthcare:
What has changed (or will change) now or how was it before the reform?
I seriously can't imagine how it's like to have no health-insurance. Was it possible to refuse patients for doctors in a hospital? Did you get a bill after you've been there?
I really have no clue.
I think you've touched on what adds to the mystery for most of us (Non-Americans); the fact that we don't actually understand how it works in the U.S. I used to think that if you didn't have health insurance the hospitals flat out refused you admission - essentially leaving you to die - which I found to be a very callous and barbaric notion. I just tried looking it up on Google, and I have to say that I am no further on in understanding how it works. lol
