Well yeah, it has become a way to leverage as much money as possible out of people because they're controlling something people need to not die.
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US Healthcare system exists to make money for insurance companies. It's a joke and a scam. I hate working in the industry.
New study confirms what everyone already knows, fails to sway people with the power to make things better, who don't give a shit about facts or human decency.
Still? Lol as if we would expect anything else.
lol okay, what next? Water tends to seek its lowest level? The earth’s atmosphere is not, in fact, being held down by trillions of cuddly little angels, but by the planet’s own gravity? Fuck. It never ends with these types, I swear.
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I'm paying $300 tomorrow for like 4 routine blood tests because I lost my job and insurance.
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An updated analysis comparing healthcare systems across 20 countries finds once again that the US system is an outstandingly poor performer, summarized as being a “persistent failure” for its high costs, poor health outcomes, and premature deaths.
Wow, as if the headline wasn't harsh enough.
And it's analytic language, not a mere insult.
At this point no healthcare system at all might yield better results.
Fuck I could have told them that for the cost of a decent bagel, did they really need a study?
Here's the report: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2026/may/us-health-care-global-perspective-2026
Pretty depressing read if you're an American:
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dems in 2028: 'we can't run on healthcare reform it would be too risky and we can't imply saint Obama's main legislative legacy was a failure.'
dems on november 6th 2028: 'what the fuck we told them we weren't jd vance why didn't people turn out to vote'
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But is water wet?!
American healthcare is a threat to the rest of the world.
Luigi did nothig wrong.
Yeah, it's almost completely privatised. The system doesn't work like it should. Capitalism is acting just like a disease.
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you need a study for that?
"Still"? Dafuq did you do to need clarifying that?
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Ahh, but how much profit did the other systems produce for capital? Clearly that's the only metric that matters. /s
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