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111 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 12h \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
  • I understand peoples hate of the healthcare system
  • Simultaneously its frustrating because the current system is almost entirely brought on by gov mandates (HMO act of 83, etc.). Watch any TV show from 50s (Leave it to Beaver?). Doctors used make housecalls and people could pay cash. "Medical Warehousing" (ie. Hospitals) is the result of continual regulations.
  • Simultaneously I find it abhorrent how the left + msm are cheering this on. This is how fully commie revolutions are born. Don't think they are going to be content with murdering some healthcare CEOs, it will soon move to Real Estate owners, food retailers, etc. The commies will end like they always do with murdering the "kulaks" (farmers) when everything else fails.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 12h
Caliifornia has a home insurance crisis (also condo/renters) as many carriers have left the state or will not accept new customers.
Regarding health insurance, if you want to assign blame, your kill list should be the architects of Obama care and 219 House reps and 60 Senators who voted for it and the 5 Scotus justices who upheld it
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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 12h
It seems that Obamacare was an intentional scheme to collapse the system, so they can usher us into to healthcare DMV-style.
For what its worth, my UK work colleagues are now fully feeling the rationing of the wonderful UK NHS health system. A friend fell off a ladder and injured his side, also after the fall he has been experiencing random periods of extreme dizziness. He booked an evaluation and after a month was permitted to see the Dr...while explaining his vertigo symptoms he also mentioned that his side still was hurting, to which the Dr abruptly cut him off and said "when you scheduled this appointment you said it was for vertigo, if your side is an issue you will have to go back and make another appointment for that...." - but we are told "rationing won't happen".
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12h
Obama: You can keep your doctor and your plan
add: another curve ball into NHS is immigration. I have read numerous stories about immigrants get priority, their wait times are shorter, they can cut in line
30 day wait is not bad for NHS. I have heard nightmare stories of 6 week or 6 month waiting periods.
Canada has a similar awful system.
If I were a doctor or hospital administrator, I would prioritize cash patients. Cash is king and moves to the front of the line. Then private insurance. Then Medicare. Last priority is Medicaid. Ideal situation would be no Medicare and no Medicaid.
I can think of 3 things that would ameliorate the disaster called ACA:
  1. eliminate mandatory essential benefits
  2. allow catastrophic coverage in the individual market
  3. let organizations like Costco offer health insurance to its members
  4. repeal MacCarran Act so people can buy insurance out of state
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