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IronLionZion

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19. We have the big lie that private sector is more efficient

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2019, 04:26 PM

Dec 2019

when really there are middlemen in all levels of the system who add little to no value, each one getting some juicy profits and benefit from keeping prices high.

"For real?" one asks. "Why?" asks another.

These people are asking the right questions. More Americans should ask these questions until we start getting answers. If the free market encourages competition to benefit consumers then more companies would sell inhalers and insulin while competing on price and quality.

The UK charges about 9 pounds or about $12 for most prescription drugs because those damn socialists are trying to kill their people with death panels. Next we'll see jolly old Britain roll tanks down the street like in Venezuela. Rationing is coming to kill you.

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'So If You're Poor, You're Dead'? Watch These Brits Gasp When They Find Out Cost of Healthcare... [View all] babylonsister Dec 2019 OP

Oh gosh.. That young woman is so charming OKNancy Dec 2019 #1

I've been here 20 years and still it is unimaginable. mwooldri Dec 2019 #2

"So if you're poor, you're dead," - pretty much. dchill Dec 2019 #3

I used to half joke about the return of death carts as an industry ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #4

Medical costs are unimaginable to most Americans too. It's criminal almost. Profits at the... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #5

Life in a republican paradise. Turbineguy Dec 2019 #6

Al Martin talked about this in the early nineties UpInArms Dec 2019 #8

Points! 7wo7rees Dec 2019 #28

Wait!!!! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #26

K&R demmiblue Dec 2019 #7

My dad had to take an ambulance ride to the largest hospital in town yesterday evening kedrys Dec 2019 #9

As an immigrant to Canada, it took me a while to get used to how healthcare works here. Jedi Guy Dec 2019 #21

and if you are middle class you are bankrupt DBoon Dec 2019 #10

Real Americans are invincible and never get sick! gratuitous Dec 2019 #11

K; R CatWoman Dec 2019 #12

And, if you are middle class, you often become poor. GoCubsGo Dec 2019 #13

Unfortunately they are right. My step mother had a cancer dewsgirl Dec 2019 #14

And, even if you DO have "insurance " -- Ohiogal Dec 2019 #18

I had nearly this exact conversation the other day a la izquierda Dec 2019 #15

Well yeah but moondust Dec 2019 #16

Not everyone who has chronic illness is overweight. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #20

Obviously. moondust Dec 2019 #22

And yet, Tories keep winning FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #17

We have the big lie that private sector is more efficient IronLionZion Dec 2019 #19

Basically yes. See, the poor can't have healthcare because some people like their insurance Autumn Dec 2019 #23

I have a friend who's been in and out of the hospital for alcohol abuse. Initech Dec 2019 #24

yeah, but our insurance companies have the fanciest skyscrapers Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #25

You bet! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #27

it is the natural order of things ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #30

So true! burrowowl Dec 2019 #29

I love the way the young woman wrapped that up - "Fuck Trump!" Vinca Dec 2019 #31