@Mott-The-Hoople saidNo.
a quick google search would have prevent you from making yourself look like a dumbass…
“Over three-quarters of US charities’ revenues come from donations by individuals, and we used these individual giving decisions to learn about differences in “apolitical” behaviour by partisans. In three surveys, we asked whether Republicans and conservatives give more or less t ...[text shortened]... t.com/2017/11/17/republicans-give-more-to-charity-but-not-because-they-oppose-income-redistribution/
As a percentage of income, Republicans give far less.
It's easy to say they give more, when the fact is they make more. Far more than they give.
@Suzianne saidHealthcare inherently has risks: anesthesia, allergies, drug-drug interactions, metabolism differences, differential diagnoses etc.. 😆
Healthcare shouldn't BE a "risk".
Imagine a world where healthcare is... neither of those two things.
So does driving or exercise carry risk. It would be nice if there wasn't, but... there it is.
-Removed-Insurance just reflects costs. Healthcare charges in the US have risen faster than any other commodity for many years: homes, college educations, gas, groceries. 😆
Why?
Short Answer: "Because healthcare in the US is for-profit, and the government has passed laws that insulate doctors, clinics, and pharmaceutical companies from competition (qv. cartel). With private, third party payers paying for most things (who can just raise premiums), providers can raise prices because there is no real resistance to it."
In such a system, prices can rise LITERALLY without bound. And so they do. 😆
@spruce112358 saidSpruce's 2nd sentence above changes the facts of the post which I have made, about the neighborhood that has no fire dept and pays 'insurance', or doesn't pay, to a neighbor with a water truck.
There is another argument, though, which illustrates the problem of AvJoe's little one horse water trailer. 😆
Suppose the County Courthouse is ablaze? Or the police station? Or the woods which surrounds the town - threatening everyone?
AvJoe's Private Fire Truck is not reliable enough to deal with that. AvJoe simply cannot be trusted with that responsibility. In p ...[text shortened]... y little brain cannot grasp. The free market does some things very well but NOT EVERYTHING! 😆
I suggest the really big-minded Spruce pose a question of. his own, and I will be first to answer. Note that it will be a different question than was mine. He does tend to pontificate, so get ready. My questions are much more concise and to the point.
I will give him this, though, he DOES say that he is presenting another argrumeint in response to my post. He actually admits he is changing my post.
@AverageJoe1 saidActually, I'm pointing out that libertarian "solutions" are usually one-dimensional and fail in practice. 😆
Spruce's 2nd sentence above changes the facts of the post which I have made, about the neighborhood that has no fire dept and pays 'insurance', or doesn't pay, to a neighbor with a water truck.
I suggest the really big-minded Spruce pose a question of. his own, and I will be first to answer. Note that it will be a different question than was mine. He does tend to po ...[text shortened]... is presenting another argrumeint in response to my post. He actually admits he is changing my post.
You do you, though.
@spruce112358 saidHonestly, I don't know WHAT you are doing. Just writing stuff
Actually, I'm pointing out that libertarian "solutions" are usually one-dimensional and fail in practice. 😆
You do you, though.
My multiple choice yes/no question was a bit of a stretch for you? I will mull over a simpler way to ask it. Don't go anywhere,, may take me a while.
@spruce112358 saidHey, Divegeester ask him if the fixing of prices or control of healthcare by government could also be a model of taking over what he calls 'for profits' and control their pricing as well. Or, will it stop with healthcare. He pretty much always knows the future, much like Sonhouse.
Insurance just reflects costs. Healthcare charges in the US have risen faster than any other commodity for many years: homes, college educations, gas, groceries. 😆
Why?
Short Answer: "Because healthcare in the US is for-profit, and the government has passed laws that insulate doctors, clinics, and pharmaceutical companies from competition (qv. cartel). With privat ...[text shortened]... l resistance to it."
In such a system, prices can rise LITERALLY without bound. And so they do. 😆
@Soothfast said
UnitedHealth Group, the largest US healthcare insurance company, has these lovely sentiments to share on behalf of their beloved bygone billionaire:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opinion/united-health-care-brian-thompson-luigi-mangione.html
Excerpts: [quote]We greatly appreciate the enormous outpouring of support for Brian, who ran our health insurance business, ...[text shortened]... to make sense of it? Really, pigs? And meanwhile, $22 billion dollars in profits last year alone!
-Removed-It's a very long process to undo the decades of protectionist laws (written by lobbyists) that lead to where we are now.
Biden capping the price of insulin was low-hanging fruit. The embarrassment that a life-saving drug over 100 years old would still cost so much PROVED the system was compromised by crony-capitalists. They couldn't pass the red-face test in front of the public, so they caved. One small victory.
ACA was similarly meant not only to expand coverage but to increase competition among private insurers - which in theory would drive down prices. Did it work? Probably a little. But insurance is not the main driver of these costs.
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@KingDavid403 saidSo you support the killer? Of a man with a family, 2 children, doing a job? Do you know that you losers have given hm $100K for his defense.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vif5g0kpfso
Do you support the killer, KIING? 🇺🇸
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@AverageJoe1 saidSo you support the killer? Of a man with a family, 2 children, doing a job?
So you support the killer? Of a man with a family, 2 children, doing a job? Do you know that you losers have given hm $100K for his defense.?
Do you support the killer, KIING? 🇺🇸
One reaps what they sow; smaller than average joe boy.
Do you know that you losers have given hm $100K for his defense.?
Whose you? You always seem to have a problem of whom "you" is. Furthermore, the news has stated several times that this shooter is extremely wealthy already; so the $100k means nothing to him; except for the support of course.
Do you support the killer, KIING? 🇺🇸
Which of the killers are you talking about little joe? The ceo murderer of united health? I wonder how many people have been murdered by that penny pinching jack ass; whom worships a 1 dollar bill over the life of children and others.
So tell us little joe boy; do you support this worthless, now gone, CEO murderer?