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45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of healthcare alone. We have the lowest life expectancy and highest infant mortality rate in the developed world. Ou
by mushbino 4y ago
45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of healthcare alone. We have the lowest life expectancy and highest infant mortality rate in the developed world. Our public education systems are some of the most underperforming in the developed world.
The amount of money we've sent to Ukraine so far could end homelessness and hunger in the US three times over.
Killing people on the other side of the world and a proxy war is not a priority for me. Solving these problems for my own countrymen is. No contest.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago> The amount of money we've sent to Ukraine so far could end homelessness and hunger in the US three times over. Homelessness and hunger are complex in the US. Direct cash payments would likely drive up prices long term and not resolve the root causes (NIMBYs, addiction, healthcare). Other solutions are being tried yet money alone won't fix many of them. Still I do agree US resources are too heavily tilted toward war hawks instead of housing, healthcare, reforms, etc.
- more_corn 4y agoPaying for healthcare with a national health plan doesn’t drive up costs in other nations. In fact the Us has the highest healthcare costs and worst outcomes of any developed nation.
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- more_corn 4y agoWhile mental health and addiction contribute to homelessness these conditions are wildly exacerbated by homelessness. Housing first has shown startling success rates. The only reason it stopped working was that cities that piloted the programs stopped funding it. Why did we stop funding it? Dunno, ideological weirdness?