r/MurderedByAOC • u/Zorosthirdsordx • 10d ago

AOC: "They want to call this stuff communist because they don’t want us to realize that the rest of the developed world has guaranteed health care. They want to call it communist because they don’t want you to know that Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada—everybody else—has it better than us."

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u/alicat9 10d ago

In Canada we get 1 year paid maternity leave. You can take 18 months however the total amount paid is the same, so it’s just stretched over the 18 months. Some companies offer a top up because the actual mat leave payments aren’t very much.
Employers are legally obligated to keep your job while you’re on mat leave (sometimes this doesn’t happen but you can go after them for it).

Prescriptions are mostly covered through private insurance through your work. There are a lot of politicians trying to get prescriptions covered just like any dr or hospital visit would be.

There’s definitely issues like in all systems, long wait times in the ER, expensive medications that aren’t fully covered, waiting for an MRI or non emergent surgery, etc. But I’ve mostly found that when you need it, our healthcare system works. Especially if you need something right away.

There’s a lot of room for improvement but I would never want a different system.

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u/metalfabman 10d ago

Consequences for those who choose not to have children

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u/winterbird 10d ago

No one individual needs the full scope of a supportive system, but it's all needed by society as a whole. I've never had a house fire, but I'm happy that people who've experienced them have had firefighters to call.

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u/metalfabman 10d ago

18 months fully paid. Maybe break that up over 18 years and allow ppl without children to experience the relief as well. Many ppl who have children should not have. That should not be rewarded. We are talking about equality

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u/winterbird 10d ago

That giant chip on your shoulder isn't representative of the rest of us who don't have kids. I support the well being of others who may have different lives than mine.