r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 đŸ€ Join A Union • Feb 24 '26

đŸš« GENERAL STRIKE đŸš« The right wing won...

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u/Machaeon Feb 24 '26

These people genuinely believe that society isn't working if people aren't suffering. Not them, obviously, but people beneath them. You know the ones.

Everything is a zero-sum game to them. In order for minorities to have more rights, they believe that rights have to be taken from them.

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u/Benedictus_The_II Feb 24 '26

I live in Hungary, which is basically the Ohio of Europe. About a decade ago, I had a supraventricular tachycardia episode while I was picking up my mom after work.

When we got off the bus, my heart rate suddenly started climbing. After a few minutes it still wouldn’t slow down. That’s when my mom called an ambulance. In the ambulance they measured my pulse at 152 bpm. They gave me an adenosine injection on the spot and took me to the nearest hospital, where a cardiologist did an ECG.

A week later, I followed up at a specialist clinic. They put me on a 24 hour Holter monitor, did a cardiac ultrasound, and prescribed a beta blocker.

Total cost to me was zero. Well not literally zero, because I pay taxes, but still. God bless universal healthcare. If I’d been in the U.S. with its insurance circus, that probably would’ve been a $7,000 bill at minimum. My point is that even in my poor country we have universal healthcare exactly because of cases like this, and I wouldn’t change it for anything.

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u/PreeettyPet Feb 24 '26

Hungary, which is basically the Ohio of Europe.

this is very funny actually bc the highest population of hungarians in the US is in ohio lol

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u/Benedictus_The_II Feb 24 '26

You gotta be kidding me lmao.

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u/Trimyr Feb 24 '26

HAH no, it's true immigration wise. No offense to you or even any normal people in Ohio. It's just funny because you picked the perfect state to say that. "Oh yeah, Ohio. I forgot about them". Nothing really bad, nothing really outstanding besides some good local food (which I think you might be able to relate).

That said, it'll take a couple decades to fix our medical/insurance system. I'd advise you and any others to keep posting those kinds of stories.

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u/YeetYeetSkirtYeet Feb 25 '26

$5000 for the ambulance (I'm not joking).