• Boozilla
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    10111 months ago

    This sort of thing used to be a “third rail” issue. The current political environment is so batshit, I think that rail is long gone.

    I hope I’m wrong. Privatizing Medicare would cause massive suffering.

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      Republican voters are so far into the sunk cost fallacy of their cult, they are more than willing set themselves on fire, so long as their ENEMIES burn with them.

      To me, that’s the quintessential difference between the modern American centrist party (we don’t have a meaningful left with any power sadly) and right wing party: Most of us want Republicans to have access to healthcare they can afford, utilities that work, safe food and water, and education, we all know they fucking need that last one desperately.

      Modern Republicans, on the other hand, would very much like if those that opposed them (or are even just minding their own business but don’t align with the rigid tenets of their cult) were dead, preferably very painfully while they watch.

      Note all the obnoxious signs on many of their homes openly “jokingly haha” pining for the opportunity to shoot someone who gets too close to their properteh.

    • @Gimpydude
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      4711 months ago

      It is not. They 100% want to make it shittier.

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      Some poor people are able to get cost reduced healthcare in the US and to these wannabe dictators that’s 100% unacceptable. A hospital visit needs to be a life ruining financial ordeal otherwise it’s communism.

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      511 months ago

      “American health care” is the problem in their eyes. They want financial natural selection - health care only if you can afford it out of pocket.

  • @[email protected]
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    6611 months ago

    I saw an article recently that over half of people of whom Medicare is available to are now on Medicare Advantage plans, which are actually private plans that take all your Medicare allotment and may not provide better coverage

    It is shocking, but I guess 24/7 commercials on Fox News work 😞

    It is a huge scam and the government never should have allowed it…but capitalism at all costs, I guess.

  • @[email protected]
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    5911 months ago

    It would not likely benefit seniors, since the private plans limit the doctors they can see and often wrongfully deny patients’ care.

    I’ll take Death Panels for $500, Alex.

    lasers firing wildly

    Looky there, daily double

  • @[email protected]
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    2811 months ago

    Everything that’s happening in this shit stain of a timeline leads me to stronger and stronger opinions that I’m going to facilitate my own exit on my own terms so there will be assets left for my daughter to play with after I’m gone.

    No retirement. No healthcare. No hope. Fuck it. I’ll take my leave when time comes.

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      Yep. The only way for your children to inherit is if you don’t grow old. The expensive death care facilities will take every cent you have and leave them with nothing.

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        I’ve actually had this talk with her. (Clarification: she’s an adult). After arguing my position on the matter, she had no issue with any of it.

        Also clarification: my comments about self managed exit aren’t related to some depression I wanna go today type thing. It’s an entirely pragmatic plan of attack for future use.

        • Boozilla
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          1311 months ago

          The plan is logical and pragmatic. In the US, people often spend more on healthcare for the last few weeks of life than they did up to that point. Healthcare is absurdly expensive here, and end-of-life medical heroics don’t make any sense.

          The tricky part will be the timing. It’s not always easy to predict when we are close to being incapacitated.

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          711 months ago

          I didn’t think you were depressed. I also happen to believe that people have a right to self delete, so I was not judging you.

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      DO NOT LEAVE IT TO INHERITANCE

      Inheritances are taxed, often heavily, and can be disputed. Give it all as gifts immediately before your death instead.

      Gifts generally have much less tax associated, less paperwork and thus less legal fees. You’ll probably have to give relatively small amounts each year to avoid the taxes. Plus, you can stick around for a while and watch your daughter enjoy it.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      1611 months ago

      Considering Millennials and Gen Z are a lot more liberal, maybe killing off the old people isn’t the best idea.

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        411 months ago

        Doesn’t matter if the control is consolidated. No worries about Gen Z do something not profiting big money if these alternatives don’t exist.

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      Worse: the wealthiest people in the US have the same life expectancy of the poorest people in the UK. Being rich doesn’t really make your life better or you a happy person. It never has, never will. It’ll always and only be the pursuit of control for its own sake.

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    I would feel bad if it weren’t for the fact that the elderly are going to vote for this in droves.

      • d00phy
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        411 months ago

        That’s just it, though. They are voting for things that will have marginal effect on many of them. Sure, the poorest of them will be greatly affected, but many others will either see minimal repercussions or will be dead before they have to deal with it. To them, this is a nothing burger, and they’ve already shown that they don’t care about the generations following them.