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The US healthcare system is broken... (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My gut feel is that it's again down to the corporate shareholder problem, where infinite growth is demanded. It's defies belief that this hasn't been fixed, and really makes me think that overall we're losing the war of greed vs humanity overall.

It's also maintained as a tool to punish labor for stepping out of line. Look at recent labor disputes in the States. The first thing that is done by the company is to shut off healthcare access.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

You're absolutely right. Tie health insurance to a job and you get people to never leave.