keccers
@keccers.eth
I felt pangs of this populism ngl when it happened. Certainly not enough to make posts of outright bloodlust. I felt ashamed my gut reacted that way. But also this revenge fantasy against health insurance execs was literally the plot of a movie (SAW VI) 15 years ago and not much has changed wrt sentiment. What did anyone expect. I disagree that it’s leftists driving this fully too. It’s populists on both sides Thing is, healthcare is scarce. It will always be rationed. The state will do it if private companies don’t and I am not sure we would like the state’s decisions any better than these companies. We go to other countries to get cheaper healthcare. They come here to get stuff their state run medical systems won’t let them have We can repeal the ACA and improve insurance that way. It will work because less people will be able to get coverage - is that really a solution? The complexity of the problem makes it feel intractable to me. Someone will always get fucked over here
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keccers
@keccers.eth
One thing I wish was possible was to restore more consumer choice Some people are stuck in monopoly at every part of the stack from insurer to the huge companies that run the hospitals and doctors offices
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gFam.live (UrbanGladiator)
@gfam
I like Australia's current (although it constantly feels like its being eroded) health care solution that has both public and private healthcare. Public handles the the common and life threatening things, and private for either better treatment (ie, private hospital room) or quicker treatment (not having to wait weeks/months for a knee reconstruction). There are tax incentives to have private health insurance to help keep the pool of healthy payers full. America's health system needs a complete overhaul. I agree with you that I truly don't know how it can be done from the current state.
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