US medical industry is completely corrupt. Delivers the worst health at highest cost of any developed country.
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juliusa
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You don't like the health care system put in place by the Democrats without a single Republican vote?
Trust the Democrats though - the "human infrastructure" bill ("infrastructure" polls better than "Green New Deal") they are poised to pass without a single Republican vote will be different. This one you are going to like.
JRP3
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The lack of support by the Republicans meant it would be more of a compromise than it could have been. Imagine if some Republicans had pushed for universal health care, counteracting the corporate Democrats who really wanted business as usual and watered down the legislation? Single payer is the only rational solution, something every other developed country has already figured out.
Our US medical industry is the product of many years of corruption of politicians. There is no effective oversight of costs or services. Medicare is the best run insurance but it is hobbled by political interference to prevent it from controlling costs and services. Drug prices are a prime example. Every other country controls drug prices the in the US, drug companies have bribed politicians to prevent regulation. Same goes for devices, procedures and services. Drug companies, hospitals, insurance companies, device makers, etc. all bribe politicians to protect their obscene profits and ineffective products.
You really can blame any one entity. Our "freedumb" capitalist system is totally corrupt.
Americans crushed by medical debt | LinkedIn
Americans owed roughly $140 billion to collections agencies in unpaid medical bills last year, according to a JAMA study, nearly twice as much as was previously known.
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[Americans owed] Whereas they wouldn't owe anything if there was a proper single payer healthcare system.Americans crushed by medical debt | LinkedIn
Americans owed roughly $140 billion to collections agencies in unpaid medical bills last year, according to a JAMA study, nearly twice as much as was previously known.
juliusa
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Instead, one party unilaterally decided to give us Obamacare.
The biggest win for the working class in generations is within reach | Bernie Sanders
If our budget passes, it would be one of the most important pieces of legislation since the New Deal. But we must fight for it
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At a time when real wages for workers have not gone up in almost 50 years, when over half our people live paycheck to paycheck, when over 90 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, when working families cannot afford childcare or higher education for their kids, when many Americans no longer believe their government represents their interests, the US Congress must finally have the courage to represent the needs of working families and not just the 1% and their lobbyists.
At a time of unprecedented heatwaves, drought, flooding, extreme weather disturbances and the acidification of the oceans, now is the time for the US government to make certain that the planet we leave our children and future generations is healthy and habitable. We must stand up to the greed of the fossil fuel industry, transform our energy system and lead the world in combating climate change.
While this budget is less than I had wanted, let us be clear. This proposal, if passed, will be the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor since FDR and the New Deal of the 1930s. It will also put the US in a global leadership position as we combat climate change. Further, and importantly, this legislation will create millions of good-paying jobs as we address the long-neglected needs of working families and the planet.
JRP3
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Because the other party wouldn't do anything. The ACA, modeled after the Republican Romneycare, allowed millions to get health coverage. I know you hate that fact for some reason but it was better than nothing.
navguy12
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An inadvertent argument for a single payer system in the USA.
nwdiver
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Most people down here just go to Mexico. Better and cheaper.
NBC News: Who's outbidding you by tens of thousands of dollars for that home of your dreams? A hedge fund.
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Sigh... result of more consolidation of money and power the last 4 years.
Who's outbidding you by tens of thousands of dollars for that home of your dreams? A hedge fund
These buyers often come armed with the kind of financial firepower ordinary Americans can't hope to match, housing experts say.
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Sigh... result of more consolidation of money and power the last 4 years.
Are Bay Area hospitals complying with new price transparency rule?
Not a single one of the eight California hospitals, including Stanford Hospital and UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, analyzed in a new report by the nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) comply with a price transparency rule that requires medical centers to post standard charges and other information online so that patients can more easily figure out the cost of their health care upfront. The report found that just 5.6% of 500 hospitals across the country comply fully with the rule, which took effect in January.
Not a single one of the eight California hospitals, including Stanford Hospital and UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, analyzed in a new report by the nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) comply with a price transparency rule that requires medical centers to post standard charges and other information online so that patients can more easily figure out the cost of their health care upfront. The report found that just 5.6% of 500 hospitals across the country comply fully with the rule, which took effect in January.
‘My savings were gone’: millions who lost work during Covid faced benefit system chaos
Workers across America faced long delays in receiving unemployment benefits as state systems were quickly overwhelmed with the mass influx of applications that caused months-long backlogs. Meanwhile, workers who made errors on their applications, had missing records or had their claims flagged had their benefits stopped – and often had difficulty restarting them once problems were resolved. About 9 million Americans are estimated to have lost work due to the pandemic but received no unemployment benefits.
Workers across America faced long delays in receiving unemployment benefits as state systems were quickly overwhelmed with the mass influx of applications that caused months-long backlogs. Meanwhile, workers who made errors on their applications, had missing records or had their claims flagged had their benefits stopped – and often had difficulty restarting them once problems were resolved. About 9 million Americans are estimated to have lost work due to the pandemic but received no unemployment benefits.
When I read this stuff, and see SO many lived beyond there means, meaning they had NO savings, I just shake my head! Just like in the great depression, the folks that saved had no issues, the ones who elected to live paycheck to paycheck were impacted. And before you beat up on me, if any of these folks as an example have a fancy cell phone, well, ......
JRP3
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Typical backwards thinking. Few people "elected" to live that way, they had jobs which barely covered their expenses, even those who worked multiple jobs. There was a time when an average family could survive comfortably with a single wage earner because wages were high enough. Conservatives love to push the narrative of lazy people spending money on things they don't need, and while there is a small percentage of those the fact is that people are working harder now with higher productivity while being paid less. When 40% of Americans can't afford a $400 emergency it's not because they are all throwing away their money on junk.
I think you don't understand that a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck because their paychecks are barely adequate to cover basic living expenses. There is no excess to save.
Of course, you could live in a one room furnished apartment and eat canned beans, but then you would be no better than an indentured servant or slave.
I think there are a lot of wage slaves in our economy.
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