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Fun fact, the US Government subsidizing healthcare actually pays more now than it would if it used a singlepayer system. There would be less deficit if we got rid of privatized healthcare.
But Republicans will fight tooth and nail to stop that from ever happening.
Other fun fact: the costs to users are absurd if you compare them with EU. Both costs of the insurance and out of pocket costs.
The most successful racketeering scheme in history, really. Literally trillions of dollars stolen annually.
Republicans will fight tooth and nail to prevent brown people from accessing health care.
Republicans are extremely racist, exhibit A is Eric Schmitt, but I still think the race divide is manufactured to distract people from the real problem: wealth disparity.
Republican voters are just as poor as everyone else, but they vote the way they do because of racism.
Look at the latest news from Arkansas:
Meanwhile:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
You have to go back 29 years to find them voting for a Democrat:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas
Sort of a chicken or the egg situation, but dealing with the wealth disparity is effective and dealing with the race divide directly isn't. After Obama and BLM the USA is more politically polarized than it has ever been, and nazis have risen to power.
If you want to mobilize people to turn against Republicans, stop telling them "This is a problem that affects me and NOT YOU."
Not for profit HMOs - if you have access to one in the US, you should cut over. They’re not perfect, but they often provide better coverage than PPO.
Crazy thing is watching my spouse, who works for a major PPO insurance company and has access to one of their best plans. Most of her coworkers jump to a spouse’s Kaiser plan if that is an option.
Even the employees know that their best plan options still suck.
The thighs on that cat tho
No, no. Me owning the pot is when it's efficient! (efficient at giving me money) Otherwise other people would get the money and that's when it's inefficient.
Central planning doesn’t work.
That’s why you need a dozen or so billionaires making all the decisions.
More money means more smarter
I don't know if there's a great chart showing how privitization increases the costs at every level, but knowing that the USA spends 1.5-2x as much as any other developed nation should be enough.
Ultimately, it should be obvous that health care is incompatible with free market economics because of course a person will pay any price for good health.