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[Opinion] Americans are sick of the health insurance grinches who steal our money and our lives (www.rawstory.com)

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In the past few weeks, one thing has become crystal clear in America: The public outrage after the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson exposed a seething fury over the health insurance racket. No amount of media finger-wagging at public perversity or partisan attempts to frame Luigi Mangione’s act as a statement from the left or right can hide the reality: The people, from all sides, are livid about the healthcare system—and with good reason.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Health insurance is literally the tip of the iceburg. Its all corporations and strong arm interactions with consumers at all levels.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

I take issue with this.

The real Grinch was perfectly capable of changing his opinion when confronted with new information and there's no reason to drag his name through the mud like that.

[–] Jimmycakes 3 points 4 days ago

We are sick of it but we ain't gonna be doing anything about it same as always

[–] Coreidan 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So what? What are you all gonna do about it???? Nothing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Already, the public fury is less visible. I could graph it and it would look like a radioactive half life curve.

America truly is not to be improved for a while, by any reasonable measure or metric.

This is why optimists hope it will not get too worse for the average person, but instead just exist as is fur many many many years. Because it cannot get better, at all, except for a minority of wealthier folks. Maybe the top 5% ?

[–] Coreidan -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I say burn it all down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

May make some feel better but burning it down means fewer drugs in drugstores, a further breakdown in health care, little infant formula to be found in stores, spotty electrical supply and hundreds of other things.

And no guarantee things would work, or be better, later.

That is assuming Americans have the capacity to burn anything down other than their couches

[–] Coreidan -2 points 4 days ago

burning it down means fewer drugs in drugstores, a further breakdown in health care, little infant formula to be found in stores, spotty electrical supply and hundreds of other things.

I said burn it down, not slightly burn the corners. Burn it down implies nothing left.

Destroy it all.