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All of our systems are made by and for the rich. Not the doctors and certainly not the patients. This isn't limited to healthcare. When I say all systems, this
by dfxm12 2y ago
All of our systems are made by and for the rich. Not the doctors and certainly not the patients. This isn't limited to healthcare. When I say all systems, this includes government who make laws for lobbyists (who represent big business, like the insurance companies) and this also includes the media who ridicule the idea of socialized healthcare & the politicians who back it for all Americans as childish, impossible to pay for & socialist (as if that's a bad thing), among others. Even the political parties will withhold support from the few candidates who are realistically trying to make this happen.
Against these odds, our current healthcare system is very unpopular [0], and if you put it to a vote, we would probably get a more sane healthcare system, but again, realistically, it's not up to us, unless, over the course of ~6 years we constantly show up to both primary and general elections and vote for representatives who support it, and leave the corporate backed candidates in the dust.
0 - https://news.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx
- DangitBobby 2y agoCurious what drive-by down voters actually have to say about this. The entire block of text seems at least mostly true. I think it's fair to say the assumption that the USA is a functioning democracy is at the very least up for debate.