@ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoGoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now | Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkGoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now | Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.www.theatlantic.com@ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink4•5 months agoHealth insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
minus-squareMontaggelinkfedilink6•5 months agoThose jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Health insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
Those jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Not all of them. I don’t think most of them.