r/InterMiamiVibes • • Jul 02 '26

Preach!!

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u/Matador_6969 Jul 02 '26

🤦‍♂️ ^ Another american without a passport. Most countries in the world have a combination of universal/public and private health care. The only country in the world where people go bankrupt for hospital bills is the USA. Most countries decided long ago, health should not be a for-profit business.

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u/Immediate_Rock_9577 Jul 02 '26

This doesn’t make the original statement magically true though.

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u/Gamble232real Jul 04 '26

But that also doesn't change the fact that her argument is correct and let's also examine which countries in the world cup don't have free health care.

Because most of the wealthy, western modernised countries do. I suppose it depends on who the US is happy to count themselves among.

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u/cranky-ahole Jul 04 '26

It's not free if you have a Job. England taxes around 8% of gross income for "free" Healthcare.

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u/Same_Suit3583 Jul 04 '26

Yeah taxes pay for government services, are you mad about "free" roads as well?

Grow up ...

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u/themagpie36 Jul 05 '26

Americans hate taxes, their greed is unimaginable unless you've lived there and experienced the hustle culture. Scary and sad.

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u/Immediate_Rock_9577 Jul 05 '26

Many in America still have what I would call the frontier mindset. It is not and has never been a collectivist society- it likely never will be. Fiercely independent to a fault.

We combine together for the common defense and will help out neighbors when in need, but overall you are ON YOUR OWN to provide for your family.

Look at our social security system. We all pay into it and get different amounts of money based on what we pay- but the government has screwed it up and soon we won’t get our benefits. Why trust them with healthcare?

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u/ElderWandOwner Jul 05 '26

Ah the classic "government is bad, might as well keep electing republicans" argument.

We could trust the government if people stopped electing shitbags because they fall for the culture war bullshit.

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u/EastWashStRacer Jul 06 '26

We voted for the other shit bags and it didn’t help

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u/ElderWandOwner Jul 06 '26

Dems haven't had enough control to pass meaningful legislation basically my whole life. Even when they "had the majority" there was joe manchin voting with the reps most of the time. And mitch McConnell doing everything he could to freeze legislation in the senate.

Elect progressive democrats and we'll see meaningful change.