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Cue Americans angry that other countries don't force their citizens into bankruptcy for getting sick in 3... 2...
Nah, I just get annoyed when people rub their free healthcare that we already know about in our faces. Especially on a site like this where most everyone agrees that the US healthcare system is trash.
The relatively small population of Lemmy makes these kinds of posts feel even more like a circlejerk than on other social media.
The odds of reaching someone who hasn't heard this beaten to death are so slim.
We feel do completely overshadowed by American sports and culture that we take what few victories we have and run with them.
Trade you baseball and basketball for your healthcare.....
I'd trade all of our sports and reality TV for it
Trade you Putin for baseball and basketball. Or for anything else, just take Putin.
Overshadowed by American sports? Culture, yeah - but sports?
What makes me really sad as a non american is that a lot of research and medical progress comes from america, financed by medically bankrupt americans and the rest of the world gets to enjoy it for free. I had an ex that had a brain tumor and there was a experimental american drug that used to cost thousands of dolars a dose. They sue the government for it and got them to pay for the entire treatment. 10 doses 100% paied for by our public health care.
Even more sad? My dog had diabetis and the public vet clinic would give us insulin and needles for the whole month for free.
a lot of research and medical progress comes from america, financed by medically bankrupt americans
The real beneficial research is financed by taxpayers. The medically bankrupt finance the obscene profits of health care corporations and pharmaceutical companies, who do not spend much at all on primary research. The "research" they invest in is how to productize and market drugs.
even worst :( I'm sorry
The real beneficial research is financed by taxpayers.
As expected. Privatization of assets and nationalization of expenses.
So that's what civilization is like...
We rub it in until you finally do something about it. Dont act like the majority of americans knows their system is trash when you still have half of the voters voting for a party that wants to make it even worse.
Yeah I agree. Things have to get bad enough for us to want to discuss politics with our crazy family members. Many will choose war instead.
It's not free, it's paid from taxes. Money that's not spent on bombs and such.
Different priorities, I guess. 🤷
It's free as in freedom
Yeah that's totally something that would happen on Lemmy. /S
Such a reddity comment.