• banneryear1868@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    You’re arguing all the same tired points that the Republicans do against public healthcare and using condescension as a crutch. The countries surrounding the US all have public or mixed healthcare as well as all the other G20 nations. You of course know that a US state can verify whether someone is a resident, as they already do, but the more wrong you are the more you have to rely on being disingenuous and condescending.

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      1 year ago

      You of course know that a US state can verify whether

      No one said they couldn’t. Again, a really basic question, what’s to stop cancer ridden folks who can’t afford treatnent from moving (and thus becoming residents) to California?

      And yes, thankfully my country has public healthcare. Which is why I understand the issues with having a public system intermingled with a private one. (Hint, it doesn’t work)

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        1 year ago

        (Hint, it doesn’t work)

        It works in that you have healthcare and aren’t broke because of things beyond your control. The places where it doesn’t work are due to underfunding and inefficiencies. You don’t recommend voting for people who want to fix this though, you want to vote for people who impose tax schemes that basically soften certain people from the exploitation inherent in the system.

        what’s to stop cancer ridden folks who can’t afford treatnent from moving (and thus becoming residents) to California?

        “What’s to stop people from the bad place moving to my good place” is a disgusting way to think about people. Obviously “cancer ridden folks” and their families contribute to society. If you believe in the tenants of socialism you would love for sick people needing care to move to and contribute to a better society that cares about them, that’s the whole point. I’m glad you revealed your way of thinking about this in such a blunt and dehumanizing way.