There is no such thing as a free lunch

I’ve seen Sicko numerous times for previous classes in Ethics, Human Rights, and even Philiosophy. After watching the film the first time, I was very much galvanized to move to France or Canada for better security in public healthcare. The film stresses that access to healthcare is not a daily worry for people outside of the U.S.because their governments securely provide universally healthcare for their citizens. We on the other side of the spectrum view healthcare access as a luxury affordable and available to a few elite. I have a family relative who immigrated here to the U.S. and is working as a domestic house keeper. Unable to access health insurance through her employer and clearly unable to pay fee for service rates for healthcare, she takes care of all her dental and primary care needs when she returns to her native country since fees there are much cheaper. I have even heard of citizens who have been living and working in the U.S. for years who still resort to travelling to Mexico or the Philippines to get dental work and surgeries done for a cheaper price because the cost of healthcare service here in the U.S. is obscenely high. Although other countries may provide comprehensive access to healthcare and are more generous with maternity leaves and time away from work due to illness, I’ve heard that taxes are extremely higher in those nations. So where they are successful in healthcare, citizens still pay higher taxes out of their pocket to serve the better of the whole public….”There is no such thing as a free lunch”…”There is no such thing as universal healthcare” anywhere…….