@ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoGoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now | Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square35arrow-up1188file-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink4•1 year agoHealth insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
minus-squareMontaggelinkfedilink6•1 year agoThose jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Health insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
Those jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Not all of them. I don’t think most of them.