2026-03-09 20:55 UTC
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@UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2026-03-09 21:36
The US already spends more per-person than most states with socialized medical care. The difference is that in America that money goes to insurance companies and billionaires sitting at home while in socialized medical schemes it goes to doctors and nurses and for medications and facilities.
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@Town@lemmy.zip 2026-03-09 21:24
This country was founded by rich capitalist for rich capitalist. The suffering and the threat of increasing suffering is the point.
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@humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2026-03-09 23:54
US spends more on government healthcare than Canada ($9195/capita vs $5000), which has universal healthcare for all. As % of GDP, for total healthcare, US is 17%, Canada is 12%
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@EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2026-03-10 06:10
Universal healthcare would actually be an investment in the people of this nation and has the potential to increase the GDP
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@vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2026-03-09 21:23
Who would work for army and ice then
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@GraniteM@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 23:13
America only ever has one healthcare bill. It is the total amount spent on healthcare, including harm done to people who *don't* seek healthcare because it is too expensive, plus all the costs of people going to the emergency room when they have no other option, plus all the people who go into bankruptcy from medical debt. It's all one total bill, no matter how you spread the math around, and the only question is how much of that money is being wasted on inefficiency and lost to corporate profits. We might as well all keep paying that bill, but figure out ways to reclaim those corporate profits for the people.
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@BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-10 14:13
It would make them cheaper likely because economies of scale. Add in it'd be actual healthcare and not insurance that works to deny coverage.