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Every gas station and convenience store I go into has a glass jar with somebody's family picture and a handwritten note pleading for money to help them afford a
by ourmandave 8y ago
Every gas station and convenience store I go into has a glass jar with somebody's family picture and a handwritten note pleading for money to help them afford a life saving operation. Most times it's that f*cker, cancer.
- pault 8y agoI spent a few years in Belize and sadly this is the de facto public health insurance program there. Everyone who gets cancer or has a major accident has local fundraisers to get help from the community.
- linuxftw 8y agoThis is essentially what single-payer is, except people are free to determine who the actually want to cover. A bunch of normal folks setting aside money. Unless people just expect 'the rich' to pay for everything.
- pault 8y agoReally? Single payer healthcare is the same as holding a bake sale so your daughter can be treated for leukemia?
- enraged_camel 8y agoYou have an astonishing lack of understanding of what single-payer is.