• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    Universal healthcare would cost the government an additinal $0.00 because Medicare and Medicaid are stupid expensive already.

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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      The US already spends more per-person than most states with socialized medical care. The difference is that in America that money goes to insurance companies and billionaires sitting at home while in socialized medical schemes it goes to doctors and nurses and for medications and facilities.

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      This country was founded by rich capitalist for rich capitalist. The suffering and the threat of increasing suffering is the point.