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Comment by syki

This what happens when a significant portion of society worships the “free market” and wants to avoid government running things. In the U.S. we have managed to fully monetize just about every aspect of life. Even something as mundane as pumping gas has been almost fully monetized by blaring ads.

EDIT: I know the U.S. healthcare system isn’t a totally free market. We’ve designed a system that isn’t government run but has mandates like ERs having to see patients. Half the country labels anything that isn’t government run as free market and anything that is government run as communism. These are proxy words.

If you want a healthcare system that isn’t government run but that has a semblance of “free market” in it but that also “treats” most people this is what you get. Well, it’s what our system has morphed into.

parent syki 4 years ago

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