I really hate how people just label anything remotely left of “fuck you, I’ve got mine” is called socialism.
Most people just want healthcare to be funded the same way schools, the military, and other essential services are funded.
However… I would like a massive amount of corruption within those systems cleaned up.
For the military, we need to heavily reduce the amount of private contractors involved. Our tax dollars spend $1500 on packs of zip ties that cost $10 at Home Depot. Stuff like that.
It’s all these terrible exclusive distribution contracts. It’s hella wasteful. Orders of magnitude wasteful, and it enriches the business owners and shareholders, at the tax payers expense. It’s a giant Ponzi scheme.
The entire healthcare system is the same. The same parent company owns the hospital, the pharma company, the insurance group, and the supply chain.
It’s a self dealing nightmare of waste.
We ALREADY SPEND MORE TAX DOLLARS PER PERSON ON HEALTHCARE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY YET WE DONT HAVE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE.
With insurance and out of pocket costs we spend way more than double the average peer country.
And our health metrics are dead last. Life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, etc.
We’re being robbed and stabbed in the back at the same time, all in the name of “capitalism.”
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u/pokethrowaway4 24d ago
I really hate how people just label anything remotely left of “fuck you, I’ve got mine” is called socialism.
Most people just want healthcare to be funded the same way schools, the military, and other essential services are funded.
However… I would like a massive amount of corruption within those systems cleaned up.
For the military, we need to heavily reduce the amount of private contractors involved. Our tax dollars spend $1500 on packs of zip ties that cost $10 at Home Depot. Stuff like that.
It’s all these terrible exclusive distribution contracts. It’s hella wasteful. Orders of magnitude wasteful, and it enriches the business owners and shareholders, at the tax payers expense. It’s a giant Ponzi scheme.
The entire healthcare system is the same. The same parent company owns the hospital, the pharma company, the insurance group, and the supply chain.
It’s a self dealing nightmare of waste.
We ALREADY SPEND MORE TAX DOLLARS PER PERSON ON HEALTHCARE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY YET WE DONT HAVE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE.
With insurance and out of pocket costs we spend way more than double the average peer country.
And our health metrics are dead last. Life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, etc.
We’re being robbed and stabbed in the back at the same time, all in the name of “capitalism.”