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What can we do about healthcare?
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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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Assuming you're a US citzen:
Fixing healthcare funding is itself broadly popular, but since its inherently unprofitable to care for sick, disabled, or elderly people all possible fixes are either "socialism" or "die quickly"
Healthcare should be like roads or schools or calling the police, not like cars or contractors or hiring a lawyer.
It shouldn't be like calling the police.
Why not, it will definitely reduce the amount of sick people. Because they are dead of course, but still.
Joking obviously.
If you call the police you might wind up dead or in an institution for months or weeks.
If you call for an am ambulance, you might wind up dead or in an institution for months or weeks AND will definitely have a huge bill that you have to pay.
The single greatest problem with medicine in the US is insurance. It makes costs horrendous.
I can pay less out of pocket for certain procedures than my copay.