• @ravhall
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    They can go to their own hospitals instead of placing the burden on Washington

    • @qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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      Sure. But this is kinda just accelerationism/xenophobia, no? For example, replace “Idaho” with “Mexico” in your argument, and it gets pretty ugly pretty fast IMHO.

        • zeekaran
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          217 hours ago

          Are they? They seem to be happy to take our money.

          • bufalo1973
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            But the correct answer to the problem is passing the bill to the country of origin. That way the origin country is pressured to make things better.

      • @ravhall
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        Does it? I think Canadians have hospitals and they can use those. Not seeing the ugly.

          • @ravhall
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            Do you live in Spokane?

            • @chemicalprophet@lemm.ee
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              There is no context that provides for bad faith exchanges. And I don’t engage with bad faith actors other than to call them out. If you want respect and well reasoned engagement you have to provide the same or else people will ignore you, like I am going to do, or block you, which only exacerbates your echo chamber. Best of luck, Citizen.

              • @garpujol
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                Ran away before learning. Lame.

              • @ravhall
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                lol. I was asking them because if they didn’t, I would explain why people from Idaho are a drain on Spokane’s healthcare. Instead, they ran away. Hilarious.

                • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  My friend, that was already explained in this thread. I think people just generally have a problem with denying people medical care for any reason.

                  • @ravhall
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                    “My friend” means “hey asshole”

                    Don’t be a dick. Also, not my fault they didn’t read the thread.

                • @garpujol
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                  118 hours ago

                  They clearly aren’t the kind of person who participates in rational conversation.

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      And what, die? I think keeping people alive and preventing unnecessary deaths should be the priority first and foremost. Idaho should be made to improve their healthcare infrastructure, and then we can force them to stay in their state.

      But as of right now, the idea of turning someone down at the hospital because their ID says a different state does not sit well with me.

      • @ravhall
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        317 hours ago

        Idaho needs to help Idahoans, and not push them onto another state.

          • @ravhall
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            27 hours ago

            Make Idaho reasonably sustainable for the first time!! ;)

          • @ravhall
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            117 hours ago

            Work? Not what I said, but feel free to create your own narrative while I ignore you.

            • @bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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              314 hours ago

              If people work across state lines, or travel at all, they need hospital services. You didn’t say it, but a moment of thought would have revealed the implications.

              • @ravhall
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                212 hours ago

                If they are in the state and have an emergency, fine. But anything else they really need to burden their own tax payers.

                  • @ravhall
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                    211 hours ago

                    I’m fine with that as long as states don’t get to make laws that affect federal hospitals thereby pushing people to other states to create an unneeded burden on the out of state hospital.