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There's no reason we should pay 2x what everyone else does, and live 10 years less (for healthcare). We could accept a good deal of socialism into our system a
by analognoise 11mo ago
There's no reason we should pay 2x what everyone else does, and live 10 years less (for healthcare).
We could accept a good deal of socialism into our system and see only benefits; there are a number of things which should not be profit-motive driven at all.
- imperfect_blue 11mo agoUS healthcare costs are nothing to do with socialism or capitalism. The reason is two-fold: US is subsidizing the rest of the world's medical research, and US healthcare bureaucracy is among the worst in the world.
- analognoise 11mo agoMost of the basic medical research is funded by tax dollars. Also, are you sure the bureaucracy isn't exactly the point? If you're too sick to fight off a denial and die, they keep the money. I think we're subsidizing Wall Street's profits with our garbage system, but the sooner people realize our system is totally failed maybe we can knock it down and do something else.