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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
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Anonymous 3w

Today’s topic, rising healthcare costs

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Anonymous 3w

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 3w

Why shouldn’t everyone have the best treatments available at all points in time when we are the richest country in the world? Poorer countries already do that

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Anonymous 3w

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 replying to -> #1 3w

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

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Anonymous replying to -> vintage_trampler 3w

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

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

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

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 3w

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.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

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

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