• snooggums
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      4911 months ago

      Imagine single payer healthcare not tied to employment.

        • snooggums
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          2311 months ago

          Single payer would be cheaper than the current system. Other countries pay half of what the US does per capita to insure everyone and they have better outcomes because people get care when they need it.

          Idiots like you are why we can’t fix our system because you blame other people instead of the for profit corporations that lobby to keep any kind of progress from happening so they can continue sucking money out of the system.

          • @SaucySnake@lemmy.world
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            -111 months ago

            Who says I’m against single payer healthcare? I was just continuing the joke about lard-ass coworkers. No matter what the healthcare system is a healthier population results in less crowded hospitals and better access to those who need it.

          • @galloog1@lemmy.world
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            -911 months ago

            Idiots like them suddenly have a reason to get involved in your life for all the reasons above. Suddenly you are in discussions regarding tobacco and other drugs costing everyone money. You don’t exercise? That means you are less of a citizen. This is very much why this would not be a good federal program.

      • @douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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        411 months ago

        100% it shouldn’t but that’s not the point here, and doesn’t actually change anything about the topic at hand.

        The unfortunate reality is that our healthcare is tied to our employment. This also means the side effects of that unfortunate reality are also real.

        Not that I’m agreeing with the way things are I’m simply explaining that the way things are means that such argument doesn’t discount the fax or serve as any sort of counter.

        • Quokka
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          911 months ago

          Okay, but this story is about China.

    • kase
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      311 months ago

      lardass

      Y’know, something tells me you’re just saying this bc you hate fat people.