ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months 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-square29fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmit.online
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkGoFundMe 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.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmit.online
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months 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-squareMontagge@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoThose jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoNot all of them. I don’t think most of them.
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.