It is basically how a social healthcare system works, where people pay for healthcare that is not benefiting themself. Just make the step already to a National healthcare system.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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Sadly, that’ll never happen in America. Never.
I know the standard reddit response to a comment was “Not with that attitude!” but that’s literally the case here.
When Social Security was first proposed, it was opposed by the American Medical Association and Ronald Reagan released an LP record saying it was going to lead to a communist takeover of America. There was in fact a whole push along those lines.
It still got passed because Americans were behind it.
The information warfare landscape is lined up to allow for complete corporate advantage. Take a look at the cases against the US government putting warning labels on cigarettes equivalent to those in Australia. Take a look at masking policies and regulations against disinformation or hate speech.
Things can change, but there’s a causal relationship there that’s going to have to change first.
Not with that attitude.
Edit: @[email protected] it's only your perception that it's getting worse, but I think you accidentally told us why
Ha!
Perhaps it could pass if it was an opt-in system...
Or maybe there could at least be an Fairtrade Capitalism element introduced, could a health insurer be a customer-owned cooperative, similar to credit unions?
So, everyone acknowledges that consolidating risk benefits from natural hedges, a large purchaser of services has greater bargaining power and that centralising service provision enables accumulating knowledge and efficiencies. This is all evidenced in the private sector and consolidation. However, when it comes to healthcare risk pools have to be split, services are provided by multiple providers with limited information available on risks covered and additional admin layers are brought in to manage the embedded inefficiencies from a poorly designed system.
The level of retardation of privatised healthcare beggars belief.
Indeed, GoFundMe could use a few fun ones.
Content warning: an appropriate amount of not safe for work language, given the tragic subject - that is, there's quite a bit of swears. But pretty cathartic, if you can enjoy the dark humor.
"I run a website that hosts popularity contests where if you lose you die"
Wow, what a line.