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What is it about Americans that cause them to be so belligerent in the face of basic, clear, undeniable evidence? A lot of countries have universal healthcare

What is it about Americans that cause them to be so belligerent in the face of basic, clear, undeniable evidence? A lot of countries have universal healthcare and, shock, horror, it is cheaper per capita. A lot of countries have strict gun laws and, shock, horror, they don't have mass killings. But no, you're American, of course you're way is right because, um? You say so! You've have some compelling "arguments", despite all the evidence. It would be funny if it wasn't causing so many preventable deaths, both from a lack of affordable healthcare, and mass murder sprees.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
I don’t know what you thought I was arguing, but my intent is to point out that things with NHS are cheaper because everyone in the healthcare chain earns less in the UK. I never mentioned the US way is the right way, I actually think taxpayer funded healthcare is the way to go if we are going to force hospitals to provide care to anyone that shows up at their doors. There is a lot of overhead from insurance companies that isn’t needed IF the US had taxpayer funded healthcare, but there isn’t, so they do serve a purpose of vetting a provider’s care and negotiating pricing.
ianai 7y ago
Americans are being pumped full of divisive rhetoric from every angle and their politicians have been swinging to the right for something like forty years. The right wing realized the population elects R or D with something like a coin toss rate independent of what platform the party runs upon decades ago. As a party, the Rs decided to just always push their party platform to the right at every election, regardless of win or lose. It worked, and we’re four decades into the practice. All the while, the Ds also moved right in response to the center moving and not knowing the same premise. This is for national elections.

lotsofpulp 7y ago

I don’t know what you thought I was arguing, but my intent is to point out that things with NHS are cheaper because everyone in the healthcare chain earns less in the UK. I never mentioned the US way is the right way, I actually think taxpayer funded healthcare is the way to go if we are going to force hospitals to provide care to anyone that shows up at their doors. There is a lot of overhead from insurance companies that isn’t needed IF the US had taxpayer funded healthcare, but there isn’t, so they do serve a purpose of vetting a provider’s care and negotiating pricing.

ianai 7y ago

Americans are being pumped full of divisive rhetoric from every angle and their politicians have been swinging to the right for something like forty years. The right wing realized the population elects R or D with something like a coin toss rate independent of what platform the party runs upon decades ago. As a party, the Rs decided to just always push their party platform to the right at every election, regardless of win or lose. It worked, and we’re four decades into the practice. All the while, the Ds also moved right in response to the center moving and not knowing the same premise. This is for national elections.