We were told again and again that we "don't want socialized medicine" cuz you can't pick your own (Reply #23)

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Fri Sep 24, 2021, 11:19 AM

CTyankee (60,216 posts)

23. We were told again and again that we "don't want socialized medicine" cuz you can't pick your own

doctor, that the government denies you what you are forbidden to buy on your own, that we have all these advances in medicine due to capitalism.

Those arguments are old. I don't know what the argument is now. I stopped listening to them.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
The reason Healthcare is so expensive in this country [View all]	edhopper	Sep 2021	OP
Profit trumps the public good in this country.	A HERETIC I AM	Sep 2021	#1
Agreed	moose65	Sep 2021	#2
We're the most obese nation on Earth, and getting worse every year	NickB79	Sep 2021	#3
It is for profit. Unfortunately, which politicians are going to tell doctors, nurses,	Hoyt	Sep 2021	#4
This simply isn't true	edhopper	Sep 2021	#5
Exactly. Our nurses and doctors make more than counterparts in Britain, Germany, etc.	Hoyt	Sep 2021	#6
Again, you are wrong	edhopper	Sep 2021	#9
Do you even read the articles? US docs make a good 20+% more than	Hoyt	Sep 2021	#12
Last sentence	edhopper	Sep 2021	#13
Let's take a break with that. Have enjoyed the discussion. Hope we end up	Hoyt	Sep 2021	#14
Yes	edhopper	Sep 2021	#17
Malpractice caps is what we were told in Texas would lower HC cost and it didn't. The MPI didn't go	uponit7771	Sep 2021	#26
Agree 100%.	Hoyt	Sep 2021	#27
They are making $$	dweller	Sep 2021	#7
Same with assisted living n/t	hibbing	Sep 2021	#8
In a word, greed... I've worked in hospitals for many decades and if the money is there...	mitch96	Sep 2021	#10
Health insurance, the more medical costs are the larger the profits are. If they pay out $100	doc03	Sep 2021	#11
One risk pool is a health care system. Multiple risk pools is an investment scheme.	Ron Green	Sep 2021	#15
Health care does not need to be that expensive but the system supports it. For goodness sake,	akbacchus_BC	Sep 2021	#16
Insurance companies don't care so much about costs...	hunter	Sep 2021	#18
There is no one reason. There is about a dozen reasons.	fescuerescue	Sep 2021	#19
Yes Drs and Nurses make a living	edhopper	Sep 2021	#21
I didn't say there was no profit involved.	fescuerescue	Sep 2021	#31
So when	edhopper	Sep 2021	#32
This isn't a forum where we criticize our own.	fescuerescue	Sep 2021	#33
I agree	edhopper	Sep 2021	#34
Working for a living isn't that kind of "profit."	hunter	Sep 2021	#35
Profit over morals. Merica!	sarcasmo	Sep 2021	#20
There is also a need to overhaul our nutritional guidance.	redqueen	Sep 2021	#22
We were told again and again that we "don't want socialized medicine" cuz you can't pick your own	CTyankee	Sep 2021	#23
They had arguments	edhopper	Sep 2021	#24
I traveled to Europe each year for 10 consecutive years to research art works and history. In each	CTyankee	Sep 2021	#25
Shareholders are the 21st century gods. And we continue to sacrifice grandma's health to them.	lindysalsagal	Sep 2021	#28
"Shareholders" is also bullshit	edhopper	Sep 2021	#30
DURec	leftstreet	Sep 2021	#29

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