kingshrubbJan 19

we're a nation of middlemen

https://lemmy.ml/post/41922363

Show threadcircuitfarmerJan 19

When the US was having actual discussions of single-payer health care (i.e. the “public option” during Obama’s first term), one major argument against it was “do you really want the government between you and your doctor?!”

Even though insurance companies are literally already between you and your doctor, and they exist purely to extract money from that interaction.

It’s never made sense.

Show threadcaptainlezbianJan 20
And then the same party decided to get the government in there too anyways
Show threadcircuitfarmer
Ahaha that’s a good point. Tbh despite the nickname “Obamacare” it had slipped my mind that the ACA was the bastardized, castrated version of that whole thing.
Jan 20 at 2:04amWeb
Show threadlemming741Jan 20
They chopped it down to Romneycare