• el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    So sincere question: why the fuck is it so god damn awful over there then? People going bankrupt over medical bills isn’t a thing in Europe, and your social care appears non existent…why the dissonance between expenditure and apparent results?

    • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Surprisingly, if healthcare is governed by the profit motive instead of an actual duty of care towards people, then the people in charge of healthcare will focus more on making profits than on providing care.

      Never you fear, the disparity between America and Europe will go down. Not because America will improve - god no, it’ll get worse, even - but because the capitalists, backed by fascists, are here to loot European countries and rip the wiring out of the walls as the profitability crisis continues.

      • TheCaconym [any]@hexbear.net
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        7 months ago

        because the capitalists, backed by fascists, are here to loot European countries and rip the wiring out of the walls as the profitability crisis continues

        Healthcare-wise this is already well under way, at least in France and the UK.