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29. We don't have a healthcare "system"...

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 04:28 PM

Nov 2019

We have a health care industry, a for profit industry for whom patient care is a secondary issue to the value of stocks.

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The US healthcare system can be reduced to two factors. [View all] guillaumeb Oct 2019 OP

America's largest health insurers in 2018 guillaumeb Oct 2019 #2

Healthcare premiums can be deducted pre-tax from your pay. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #19

Agreed. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #20

Can't afford medicare for all? discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #21

Agreed. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #22

And AOC agrees: discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #26

+1 ck4829 Nov 2019 #24

healthcare will cost less without the executive mansions Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #5

That is a nice meme. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #7

DURec leftstreet Oct 2019 #6

Letting folks die to make a few extra bucks...the American way. pecosbob Oct 2019 #8

And we read some of those same arguments here. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #10

"If you can't afford our bill, don't you tell me that you're ill, JenniferJuniper Oct 2019 #9

True. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #11

Study: 45,000 Deaths Per Year Due to Lack of Health Insurance Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #12

Think about that. 45,000 deaths. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #13

Nothing but blood money and I believe too many people Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #15

And many of these people live in GOP controlled areas. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #17

I agree guillaumeb, many of them do. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #18

Chilling ck4829 Nov 2019 #25

The average lifespan in Canada is 4 years longer than the US. roamer65 Oct 2019 #14

Yes, single payer has better health outcomes, guillaumeb Oct 2019 #16

K&R. Control and profit. ck4829 Nov 2019 #23

Agree, but who sets the price of healthcare line items? KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #27

In Canada, each province sets a budget. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #28

We don't have a healthcare "system"... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #29

And that is a reflection of the US love affair with capitalism. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #30