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US Politics 28w

Let’s do something productive, I’m gonna post abt a policy issue and everyone talk about how you think it should be handled, do not mention political parties at all that shits pointless

Anonymous 28w

Today’s topic, rising healthcare costs

Anonymous 28w

We already put more funds into our healthcare system that most other developed countries. The issue is that in a for-profit system, the incentive is to make costs as high as possible so long as people will pay it. We are not paying for the base price of the procedure or medication, we are paying for all the shareholder profits.

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Anonymous 28w

healthcare is expensive in america because its culturally treated like a market and people want the best treatment available at all points in time

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Anonymous

#1 28w

Could not be more wrong. The issue isn’t that people only want healthcare that fits their unrealistically high standards, people just want to be able to see a fucking doctor when they’re sick and many Americans can’t afford to do that at all so they just thug it out and hope it isn’t serious

Anonymous 28w

the government is not funding the most expensive experimental treatments for every citizen in other countries

Anonymous

#3 28w

thats exaggerated, the vast majority of people are able to go to the doctor when theyre sick

Anonymous

#4 28w

Furthermore, a for-profit system means that health care will not operate in areas that are not profitable. This means that rural areas do not receive sufficient health care access, and there is not incentive to create an overall more healthy population.

Anonymous

#1 28w

How sick? And how able, at what cost? Medical debt is one of, if not the largest category of debt held by Americans on average