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The US medical system is incredibly regulated and constricted by the government and the rules and regulations. It is NOT a free market. An English friend who mo
by 1cvmask 5y ago
The US medical system is incredibly regulated and constricted by the government and the rules and regulations. It is NOT a free market. An English friend who moved to the Bay area for work at Genentech had a wife who was a doctor from the UK. She could NOT practice as a doctor in California. This is deliberate by design. The AMA restricts the number of doctors to prevent their incomes being reduced.
The third party payment system of medicine is both directly paid for by the government and subsidized by tax writeoffs for the private insurance industry (which is tied to employment).
And meanwhile during a pandemic majority of Americans supported Medicare for all. Yet the corporate politicians are against it. The performative art of the "squad" was at full display when they had a chance to force the "Medicare for all" vote and passed on it.
https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/jimmy-dore-vs-cenk-uygur-democrats-progressives-force-the-vote-medicare-for-all-nancy-pelosi-aoc/ https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/jimmy-dore-vs-cenk-uygur-dem...
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-rejects-left-wing-calls-to-force-pelosi-to-hold-medicare-for-all-vote-2020-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-rejects-left-wing-calls-...
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412545-70-percent-of-americans-support-medicare-for-all-health-care https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412545-70-...
We deserve what we vote for.