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"The healthcare system is broken if you do an honest day's work and can't afford insurance, but that's not what we're talking about here."

But that IS what we are talking about here. Millions of americans do a hard days work and can't afford insurance. You know where they get their care now? At the country (public) hospital emergency room. Don't believe me? Go and have a look. Most of the people waiting in the waiting room are not emergencies. Their waiting for standard care. And they got no place else to go.

And this impacts us all. As in property taxes going up to pay for the public hospitals. Oh wait.. don't tell me - we don't need public hospitals either right? I mean you got yours... fuck the rest right? Until you get sick and facing cymo treatments that cost $75,000 a pop. And your insurance company only covers 75% of the bill.

Then you're complaining "where's my medicare disability?"




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