Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial?message-squaremessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareIs it even feasebal to find 12 people who have not been screwed over by insurance for the Luigi trial?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·2 months agoFeasible The number of people who think that healthcare in the USA is just about perfect is evidently quite high - or the situation would change. So, it probably is easier than you think. There’s a lot of healthy people out there.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago healthy * not sick yet Everybody gets sick evtl. and if health care isn’t available chances are it won’t get better or it’ll leave permanent marks.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI have a friend with lupus who votes Trump. She is very, very ill and will be bankrupt soon.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoVery good point. That’s the “it couldn’t happen to me” attitude which is just ignorant.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoActually, even if you go national, very few people like our system (something like 20% iirc?). And in NY? Fat chance. You’ve got Citizens United, so both parties are pretty much in the pockets of insurance. They’ll just ignore that desire until more Luigis show up.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThat’s also an outlook that needs to change. The billionaires want to keep you just happy enough and just nihilistic enough that you don’t revolt.
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The number of people who think that healthcare in the USA is just about perfect is evidently quite high - or the situation would change. So, it probably is easier than you think. There’s a lot of healthy people out there.
* not sick yet
Everybody gets sick evtl. and if health care isn’t available chances are it won’t get better or it’ll leave permanent marks.
I have a friend with lupus who votes Trump. She is very, very ill and will be bankrupt soon.
Very good point. That’s the “it couldn’t happen to me” attitude which is just ignorant.
Actually, even if you go national, very few people like our system (something like 20% iirc?). And in NY? Fat chance.
You’ve got Citizens United, so both parties are pretty much in the pockets of insurance. They’ll just ignore that desire until more Luigis show up.
That’s also an outlook that needs to change. The billionaires want to keep you just happy enough and just nihilistic enough that you don’t revolt.