▲ 957 ▼ A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.' (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 254 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Just have the state pay for it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jeffw@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Apologies in advance, my app doesn’t seem to want to show me what context this is in, so I might be off base in my reply, but yeah, that’s a good solution. The problem is that in the USA, if you raise taxes by .0001% people throw temper tantrums. They’d rather pay out the ass for private insurance. I know people on Lemmy don’t feel that way, but that’s how Americans are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Apologies in advance, my app doesn’t seem to want to show me what context this is in, so I might be off base in my reply, but yeah, that’s a good solution. The problem is that in the USA, if you raise taxes by .0001% people throw temper tantrums. They’d rather pay out the ass for private insurance. I know people on Lemmy don’t feel that way, but that’s how Americans are. permalink fedilink source parent