Comment on Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?
Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 months agoThat graph is depressing and familiar. It’s insane how we think we’re “the greatest country” in the face of cold embarrassing facts.
Comment on Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?
Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 months agoThat graph is depressing and familiar. It’s insane how we think we’re “the greatest country” in the face of cold embarrassing facts.
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
That was the graph that opened my eyes a bit back in another discussion. I knew that people were dying in the States because they can’t afford insulin/medication/treatment. But I somehow thought they were at least paying less for healthcare and just poor and society didn’t care about people in need. But it’s way worse. They are paying twice as much for healthcare AND dying 2 years earlier. AND ruined financially if anything happens.
And all of that is a scheme to rip off everyone. Sadly a quite successful scheme for decades already. I mean I’m really amazed by the extent. And I wonder if it were possible to adopt the European style, give healthcare to everyone plus every citizen an additional $5.000 for free each year.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 months ago
A significant portion of our population is brainwashed into the idea that everything should be privatized for-profit. Even people who are profoundly harmed by this. They have been indoctrinated to despise and be revolted by socialized-anything.