Optional@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoA cartoon by Yuliy Ganf lampooning the US (1953). Sadly now applies to Europe too.i.postimg.ccimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1227arrow-down1imageA cartoon by Yuliy Ganf lampooning the US (1953). Sadly now applies to Europe too.i.postimg.ccOptional@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 month agoIs that spending actually on healthcare, or is it really extorted by an invisible state of ‘healthcare industries’ that sell an aspirin for $100? “Healthcare” CEOs are certainly not underfunded. But you don’t have to look far to find healthcare programs that are.
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMedicare and Medicaid set their own prices and providers get direct payments from those programs, so shrug. There’s a reason Medicare is the blueprint for single payer (M4A).
Is that spending actually on healthcare, or is it really extorted by an invisible state of ‘healthcare industries’ that sell an aspirin for $100?
“Healthcare” CEOs are certainly not underfunded. But you don’t have to look far to find healthcare programs that are.
Medicare and Medicaid set their own prices and providers get direct payments from those programs, so shrug. There’s a reason Medicare is the blueprint for single payer (M4A).