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Originally Posted by liveordie83
What about the further research that was done to make other similar drugs and more powerful drugs?
A waste I say....
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By saying this, you?re essentially deeming everyone with sexual dysfunction undeserving of a healthy, normal sex life.
Products like Viagra improve people?s quality of life enormously. I wouldn?t call the research and production of such products a waste at all.
To deem every medical advance that doesn?t cure or prevent disease a waste is really very short-sighted.
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Originally Posted by Jitensha
Since coming back to the USA, I've had problems finding work. Because of this, I obviously can't afford health insurance and there is SOOO much that I need to get done. I haven't seen a OBGYN in over a year, I have compacted wisdom teeth for 6+ months now that are EXTREMELY painful, my leg problem has come back, and I need to get the meds I got before, and lastly I have Costochondritis and panic attacks. I really need meds for these...I've been without health insurance for so long, and not seeing the doctors I need is going to lead to more health concerns.
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This is the kind of stuff that gives me nightmares.
Two years ago I was in a scenario as close to what you describe as I ever hope to be (and, to be honest, my situation wasn?t much like it.) I was working a shitty, minimum wage job that didn?t provide me with extended medical or dental benefits. I was paying off some debt I?d accrued in school and struggling to pay my bills. I couldn?t afford to pay for extended health and dental coverage. Obviously, all my visits to the doctor were free as I?m Canadian in Canada, so I was able to get things looked at and have basic procedures like pap smears and see specialists if I required specialised care. Without extended benefits though, I had to pay for my medications up front and was subsidised annually. I take three medications a day. I went nearly two years without seeing a dentist. It was a miracle I was cavity-free when I finally did have my teeth cleaned. I gave up on visiting my physiotherapist, who I?d seen every two weeks since I was sixteen or seventeen.
If I?d been an American in the US, I wouldn?t have even been able to afford my medications, considering the insane cost of drugs across the border. Not that I?d have been able to afford the doctor?s visit and prescription anyways, so I try not to bitch too much.
I have very little to complain about, particularly since I?ve attained a real job and the extended health and dental benefits that come with it. While I could have had my wisdom teeth removed under basic Canadian healthcare in a hospital, I had the option to have it done for free in a cushy private office with nice music playing that was close to home. Not that there?s really anything wrong with Canadian hospitals. They?re just busy.
It makes me super sad to think there are nations in the world in which basic health care isn?t something humans are entitled to and provided with.
And now I'm off to bed so I can get up bright and early to visit my doctor, go to the radiology clinic for some X-rays and then to my physiotherapist's. I love not having to worry about paying for any of this.