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minus-squareMammallinkfedilinkEnglish22•5 months agoMedicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
minus-square@Allonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•5 months agoNot if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits. I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
minus-square@BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months agoI fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
Medicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
Not if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits.
I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
I fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
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