The federal government needs to intervene before it’s too late. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/albertas-new-health-legislation-brings-u-s-style-insurance-to-canada/

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"RAM prices high forever?"

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#WordWeavers Apr 27: What one thing (no matter how expensive or impractical) would make it easier for you to write more books more easily?

#UBI and #UniversalHealthcare

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Let’s do this now

This is a good article promoting why #Medicare4All_SinglePayer vs #UniversalHealthCare (with private options) would save lives, lead to healthier residents overall and a save Americans and the govt trillions. https://www.citizen.org/news/fact-check-medicare-for-all-would-save-the-u-s-trillions-public-option-would-leave-millions-uninsured-not-garner-savings/

Something I rarely hear or see discussed among Universal Healthcare / Medicare for All proponents: it was clear for a long time that politicization of medical care—specifically what the definition of care is, and who can have it, etc—was a risk. Over the past _1.5 years_ we've seen what happens when clowns gain sway, and the degree to which "rights" are actually just opinions and slogans. What, then, do proponents recognize as risks, and what are their proposed mitigations for hypothetical universal coverage systems which change policy hands every four to eight years?

I mean, we have women on the right arguing that women don't deserve subsidized feminine hygiene products, and _they_ are taken seriously by people with power.

Note that I am very much in favor of reliably and enforceably apolitical and nonprejudicial universal healthcare that respects science-backed self-determination for all of the covered. But as someone whose own medical self-determination is essentially up for a vote every few years and whose rights are routinely discussed as an acceptable point of compromise among extremes, this is something I care about deeply.

I'd really like to hear some concrete positions on this among the more vocal UH proponents.

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Am I the only one who finds it utterly obscene to see Trump—who does everything he can to oppose universal healthcare—casually listening to a grandmother talking about how she makes deliveries to pay for her husband’s medical care?

How sick can this country be?

#Trump #UniversalHealthCare

Suis-je le seul à trouver complètement obcène de voir Trump, qui fait tout pour s'opposer aux soins de santé universels, écouter comme si de rien n'était une grand-mère raconter qu'elle fait des livraisons pour payer les soins de son mari?

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