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The only real thing this story presents is a reminder of how fucked up the US healthcare system is. It's barbaric, backwards and uncivil that medical debt even
by fraggle_sock 6y ago
The only real thing this story presents is a reminder of how fucked up the US healthcare system is.
It's barbaric, backwards and uncivil that medical debt even exists. The US government really needs to get over its slavish devotion to capitalism and implement a single-payer healthcare system that is free at the point of use for all.
The hundreds of billions of dollars they dish out each year on killing people would be much better put to use in healing people.
- globular-toast 6y agoCapitalism is great where choice exists. Capitalism means each individual can choose how to allocate his resources based on the market at the time. I might decide, for example, that owning a car is currently too expensive and I'd rather shift that allocation towards owning a house. It's my choice. Healthcare is not a choice. Nobody who discovers they are critically ill examines the market and decides it is not worth allocating resources to it. Once you're ill, you're all in. No choice. The only thing that makes capitalism good is gone. But everything that makes it bad is still there.