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minus-squareMammallinkfedilinkEnglish21•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 days agoI fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•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.