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US Politics 5w

og_beer

 Friendly reminder that healthcare doesn’t actually cost what you pay. It does not cost thousands of dollars to treat a broken bone or millions to treat cancer. Our insurance companies’ system quintuples healthcare costs for no reason. Free is affordable
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US Politics 5w
Do you guys get it yet?? “Free” healthcare is such a terrible fucking idea
-18 upvote, 15 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Do you guys get it yet?? “Free” healthcare is such a terrible fucking idea"
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Anonymous 5w

I feel like Americans don’t support nationalized healthcare because they think what they pay for treatment is actually what it costs, so of course it seems impossible to afford it on a national scale. But without insurance bloat, it’s cheaper to support nationalized healthcare. Not to mention what we could afford if we stopped foreign spending

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Anonymous 5w

How the hell would costs go up when you cut out the parasitic middle men? What logic are these morons using?

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Anonymous 5w

Free ≠ affordable. Good thing you don’t work in finance

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Anonymous 5w

Facts and somehow y’all gonna blame trump

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

I meant providing “free” healthcare via nationalized healthcare is affordable for the American government

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 5w

You’ll see that with a + 10% marginal tax bracket. Moronic plan

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

We pay more taxes than every country with nationalized healthcare. We just need to stop sending our money overseas (to pay for their free healthcare)

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 5w

I agree on the last part, as for the first, we also pay a lot to the military, and we have nearly 5-10x the population of countries that have “free” health care. It’s not easy to scale

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

Tax burden statistics take population into account. Our tax burden is still much higher. We also could spend about 1/3 of what we currently do on military and still have the best in the world.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

Tax burden statistics take population into account. Our tax burden is still much higher. We also could spend about 1/3 of what we currently do on military and still have the best in the world.

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 5w

Yes, I agree we spend too much on the military, but that’s mainly because the US is responsible for policing everyone else

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

We shouldn’t be

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