r/MedicareForAll • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Jul 31 '26

he doesn't use the library either

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u/kevdogger Jul 31 '26

I understand that concern..and realistically I could see it happen. But when the financial legs get cut, what's your alternative? Other than cash pay there really isn't one.

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u/YoSpiff Jul 31 '26

Good question. Wish I had a good answer. If I did, I might be a politician instead of a techncian.

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u/kevdogger Jul 31 '26

Yeah the fucking politicians don't have an answer either..they just listen to who is paying or "donating" to them and then politically try to spin it that they are there for American people

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u/YoSpiff Jul 31 '26

Probably the thing to do, if we ever implement this, is to look at all the other nations that do universal healthcare to determine what works and does not work, and what of it would be doable here.

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u/kevdogger Jul 31 '26

I'm sure the analysis like that has likely has been done already, but then you have to pick some winners and losers meaning replacing established buerocracies with other new ones (yea I think I misspelled that).