kinther@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 26 days agoRemember When Trump Vowed Not to Touch Medicaid? It’s Already Begun.newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down12
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minus-squareMammal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·26 days agoMedicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·26 days agoNot if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits. I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·26 days agoI fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-226 days agoHave you seen modern police cars? They’re essentially tanks.
Medicade exists so that poor people don’t start demanding single-payer. This will backfire horribly if one’s goal is to maintain the stranglehold private insurance companies have on US healthcare.
Not if they don’t care and neither party offers a candidate willing to curtail corporate profits.
I don’t see a neoliberal or a fascist doing that. If there is another election that isn’t an “election.”
I fear we’ll have tanks rolling down the street before we have healthcare.
Have you seen modern police cars? They’re essentially tanks.