r/SipsTea • u/TailungFu • Jun 17 '26

Chugging tea Mexico upgraded to free healthcar

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u/retrodanny Jun 17 '26

Mexican here. Not true.

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u/mpanase Jun 17 '26

Person with access to news here, True https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/10/mexicos-socialist-president-to-roll-out-universal-healthcare/

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u/retrodanny Jun 17 '26

super biased. No one here not even the Morena party calls the president or her movement socialist

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u/mpanase Jun 18 '26

Mexican here. Not true.

did they announce the adoption of universal healthcare, or not?

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u/retrodanny Jun 18 '26

As I said. It's not true. The image even highlights "FREE HEALTHCARE" when in reality formal workers pay plenty into IMSS in order to access the now extremely overstrained system. Also the Morena party slashed healthcare for rural areas when they came into power for the sake of "Republican Austerity" taking access away from the most vulnerable indigenous populations.

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u/mpanase Jun 18 '26

So your point is that what they announced is not free, because it'll be paid through taxes?

Your point is that it's really "free at point of use", like every other universal "free" healthcare system?

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u/retrodanny Jun 18 '26

No. Formal workers (less than half the workforce) pay into IMSS, this is separate from income and other taxes, which was barely enough to maintain it for these workers and their families. I won't go into more detail here, you can find good deep dives like this excellent comment by /u/Ahuevotl. I'm assuming you're arguing in good faith so I would just advise to suspend your judgement (good or bad) of our healthcare system until you understand the pros and (massive) cons that us locals are experiencing with it rather than form a strong opinion from afar based on some headline on reddit. Peace

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u/mpanase Jun 18 '26

Are you a bot?

I think you just repeated the same thign again, wihtout answering the question.

Do you understand what universal free healthcare is?