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Remember how death panels were evil, but a bottomless layer cake of corporate bureaucracies making those same decisions, with added profit margins at each layer
by consumer451 2y ago
Remember how death panels were evil, but a bottomless layer cake of corporate bureaucracies making those same decisions, with added profit margins at each layer, was somehow perfectly fine?
I am not trying to get political, or be flippant, I just truly marvel at how easily we are programmed. I mean all of us, myself included.
- cratermoon 2y agoDeath Panels: Big Gubmint deciding who lives and dies Private Health Insurers: Free Market!
- consumer451 2y agoHaving grown up thinking that I was libertarian, the US healthcare system really killed that entire panacea for me. It came down to this simple realization: In a somewhat socialized healthcare system, every dollar not spent to benefit the patient is called waste, and we work to reduce it. [0] In a for-profit healthcare system, every dollar not spent on the patient is considered shareholder value, and we work to increase it. My hardcore libertarianism ideals died right there, at that realization. [0] Let's keep it local and say that's medicare/medicade. [0.1] Sorry, I did get political.