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minus-squareMammal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoMedicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoNot if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits. I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoHave you seen modern police cars? They’re essentially tanks.
Medicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
Not if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits.
I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
I fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
Have you seen modern police cars? They’re essentially tanks.