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We are the only first world country without socialized healthcare, and we aren’t the top spot in life expectancy. This is real.
Watch the talent pool wanting to go into medicine drop drastically the second healthcare is socialized.
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Anonymous 15w

You’re leaving out that we have the best training, best doctors, best hospitals, and best technology BY FAR.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

Yet we fail to have the best healthcare. Ask yourself why that doesn’t add up.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

Because the system is broken. You cut doctors salary, and the system will be even more broken, I can promise you that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

What’s your proposed solution? (Btw socialized healthcare doesn’t mean instantly cutting doctors salaries)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

Stop giving the power to bean counter administrators who’s only interest is making money, and give it back to people who actually know a thing or two about medicine (doctors)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

Then shove that money into Medicare or Medicaid

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

your last 2 comments are valid, and would literally happen under a more socialized healthcare structure 😭 the US’s ultra-privatized system is why the Health Cost vs Life Expectancy graph looks like this

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

Most healthcare CEOs and other top executives, unlike back in the day, have never gotten a medical school education. I’m in med school rn and we’re literally taught workarounds for insurance: bc they won’t cover x we have to use y, a is the gold standard but b works not as well, this is the preferred treatment but it’s really expensive so most people won’t get it bc insurance won’t cover it, etc

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