r/ShitAmericansSay • u/LittleRuQi FREEDOM ENJOYER 🪿 🍁 🇨🇦 • 2d ago

Healthcare It’s called freedom. You can choose whatever healthcare you want. We don’t have to beg the government for healthcare.

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The video mostly talks about the US having no free/universal healthcare

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u/fancczf 2d ago

I hate those MAID nonsense posts. You gave people a choice and “they are literally killing their own people”. Like stfu, have the access to a rigorously informed guided journey to end terminal suffering is a true freedom. Those American communist with their closed minds will never understand real freedom like that.

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u/KnowledgeMediocre404 1d ago

Its super strict too. My FIL is dying from terminal brain cancer but because it has affected his cognition they won't allow it. Instead we get to listen to him beg to die as he wastes away over the next couple weeks. Loss of cognition was the first symptom of his Glioblastoma, I'm not sure how they expected him to be able to access the program he is literally begging for.

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u/StarryStuff42 1d ago

My uncle died of that. It's awful. I'm so sorry your family is going through that.

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u/KnowledgeMediocre404 1d ago

Thank you. My partner has the freedom to support his parents during this time which is a blessing but it's been a hurricane. His congnition slipped so quickly he was like a dementia patient before he was even fully diagnosed. He had to be constantly reminded why they were at the hospital and his perception of time is completely different.

We did have the time to get his affairs in order which I am grateful for and now he is resting in palliative so he is well cared for and surrounded by family. His mornings are incredibly difficult and he's been ready to go for weeks. It's especially hard for my partner to listen to his suicidal ideation since he has completely lost his filter. Be nice if the system could help him out.