[qwerty1234]

So the government run health care system in Italy is 'overwhelmed' by 2000+/- sick people, and ar enow asking the evil private sector to bail them out .... ok democrats, tell me again why America needs to move to a government run healthcare system?

[Veggie Todd]

[dp0622]

That’s why my grandfather took my father here and that’s why my mother’s parents came here.

To be citizens of the greatest country in the world.

Still it makes me sad to see this :(

Preghiere nel paese di nascita di papa

[ronnie raygun]

Looking for outside help does not include the EU. If only they had Cuban healthcare

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Under the right circumstances any health care system could easily be overwhelmed. Say you lived in Billings, Montana to pull a name out of a hat. They could have wonderful hospitals, super efficient, but odds are most of the beds are taken up by people who are already there with other illnesses. Then out of the blue people start showing up by the hundreds. It wouldn't be long for the Billings health care system, good as it is, to be overwhelmed. That's what's happening in parts of Italy.

I don't know how good health care is in Italy. It could suck. But the Mayo Clinic couldn't cope if people started showing up there nonstop.

[Adder]

I agree there could be isolated “mini” shortages of beds due to a sudden influx of demand in the short term.

Long term the country is hurting: We got a go fund me request from a air bnb host we stayed with last fall looking for donations. She said her business of multiple properties is down some 80%. She was in Rome. I can only imagine what it is like in Venice or Milan.