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for magas, the healthcare isn't the bad part, it's the "everyone" that makes them furious
It’s the old “why should I pay for someone else’s healthcare???”.
They’re too dumb to realize everyone else helps pay for their healthcare.
"Why should I pay for someone else's healthcare?"
Because one day, someone will pay your healthcare you absolutely rotten piece of shit.
Like their children that for some reason won't visit or call during the holidays.
I have a friend whom I have this argument with frequently, not about health care specifically but other socialized benefits (e.g. SNAP). He's even a leftist, but still thinks he shouldn't have to pay for people who "take advantage of the system" (e.g. spend their SNAP benefits on things he doesn't believe should qualify, or receive SNAP benefits while spending their 'real' money on things he considers non-essential).
The fact that there are corporations getting orders of magnitude more in handouts, or that we're spending an unreal amount of money on the military, or that there's unfathomable amounts of corruption in the government, and that those benefits are in actuality a tiny fraction of what his taxes go to, makes no difference. He doesn't want people at the bottom to get an ounce more than he believes they strictly need or deserve, and I cannot for the life of me understand that line of thought.
so every time he says he doesn’t want to pay for people taking advantage of the system, ask if he means the wealthy people denying healthcare to people so they can afford more yachts, their 8th mansion, their 30th sport car, their second helicopter. Because he’s overpaying for his private healthcare so they can take advantage of him.
When you say "leftist" I assume you mean liberal Democrat.
Well, you know what they say about assumptions. Of course, when I see a post from .ml, I assume the poster is a tankie, so I guess we're both guilty.
Ah, I've engaged a person without an original thought. My mistake.
Even if it works out cheaper, they believe certain people don't deserve healthcare, or anything in their eyes.
You’re already paying for everyone else’s healthcare. Medicare for all would just make it cheaper and simpler.
What do you think happens when somebody walks into a hospital with no insurance? Do they just turn them away? No. Who do you think pays for that? You do. It’s paid for in the markup of your hospital bill.
there's usually a 'process' and qualifications to get the bill covered by whatever 'community care' program the facility has.
they will absolutely produce an invoice and expect payment or 'arrangements' upon discharge (which could include application for community care benefit).
they will also absolutely send that billing to a collections agency as well. one of the hospitals near me sends a lot of their uninsured or underinsured billing that would never qualify for assistance to collections without making more than a token effort to get paid first.. my boss even had a message on their home voice mail waiting for her when she got home from having an outpatient procedure done.
Also, private insurance is still 'paying for other people's healthcare'.
Everyone else minus a select few parasites who instead make their healthcare vastly more expensive to balance it out – the American way. 🇵🇷🦅⛪🗽🔫🎆
They’ve never heard of communicable diseases either.
It’s shocking more people aren’t furious at having healthcare tied to a job. It’s a shackle. Coersion. A keep this particular job, or else.
It’s the Southern Strategy, but without Nixon’s charm or Reagan’s intelligence.
can you imagine trans people getting healthcare? atrocious. and the poor? how will their billionaire daddies feel special if everyone gets the same healthcare
Exactly