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I had to look up what “single player payer system” means since I thought it meant something like “each individual pays for themselves”, the opposite of a social
by callc 2y ago
I had to look up what “single player payer system” means since I thought it meant something like “each individual pays for themselves”, the opposite of a social safety net.
I was completely wrong. Single payer means there is a single (gov) entity paying health care for everyone. 1000% this is what we need.
Everyone needs to care about their health. When we need healthcare it’s so often for things out of our control, like cancer. Putting the burden on the individual is cruel.
Capitalism as applied to human health is fundamentally inhumane (literally, profit valued over human life). I’d be interested to heard arguments otherwise.
Of course, a universal healthcare system should take notes from capitalist markets to be efficient, but have the primary goal of maximizing human well-being
- marbro 2y agoCaner isn't out of your control, it's usually caused by being fat and eating bad food. It's sometimes caused by genetics but that's a minority of cancers.
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- technol0gic 2y agohard false there, but thanks anyways