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mastertigurius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here it is normal. Most of us do recognize that it shouldn’t be though.

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• DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We’re a heavily propagandized nation.

  A lot of people know our healthcare is fucked, but many have accepted it because they think the alternative is worse. Because they’ve been told so by healthcare lobbyists.

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Recently I watched a moron complain that her elective fat loss injections are not going to be covered properly anymore. This is a person who is boasted on many occasions that they love their private health care and would never trade it for anything.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know if it’s changed, but hospitals use to hang up on you if you ask for a quote on an operation. They don’t want to shopping around.

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• yyyesss@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  we don’t. we know it’s insanity.

  i personally have been trying to change it for 25 years. i’m tired.

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because the word tax is a Boogeyman. Paying 2x as much for half the value is a good thing because the cheaper version is called a tax …

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  • Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t have to be. Here we have mandatory insurance. So it’s still called a premium.

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Republicans will call it a tax, with lots of spooky oooOooOoOos and that’s how it will be known. Like they did with Obamacare which people hate, yet don’t want the ACA removed.

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• humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think a majority of us don’t but our democracy is a sham so it doesn’t matter what we believe.

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  • mastertigurius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Follow-up question: when will the world’s most heavily-armed populace decide that enough is enough and start shooting their oppressors instead of eachother?

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    • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I dunno. Next time I see a gun owner I will ask.

      I do know what happened to Keith Porter Jr and Alex Pretti, both armed.

      And its worth noting that the most heavily-armed populace in the world would be facing off against the most heavily-armed government in the world.

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• lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think it’s normal at all. I think it’s probably going to kill me one day because I have no interest in interacting with a system where they’re apparently just making shit up with 1000s of my dollars.

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  and if you complain about it, you are a bad American.

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  • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Domestic terrorist

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