Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing

• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No more than the politicians who won’t pass single payer health care reform.

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And the only reason we even have the ACA is because the Dems had a filibuster proof majority for a handful of weeks, over a decade ago.

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    • Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Jesus fuck it’s been almost a decade since Obama…

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  • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I live under a rock; what is “single payer”?

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    • xapr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Single payer is a term generally used to describe government-paid, or socialized medicine. The government is the “payer” of the healthcare. In the absence of private-insurance companies, they would be the single payer. At least that’s how I think of the term.

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• inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  NYT CEO? Well they did cheerlead the Iraq war, reported lies without question like a fucking press release and slandered anyone who dare speak against it. How many Iraqis died? 200k?

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