• sanzky@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    unfortunately not true.

    for example, Spain ended universal healthcare on 2012. it was recovered fully just this years

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      16 days ago

      The only barrier to implementing universal healthcare in the United States is the health insurance industry, the corruption it relies on, and the racism that the corrupt politicians use to turn people against their own welfare.

    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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      15 days ago

      Europe managed it. Every country in it has it.

      And they are double the population of the US.

      Size is not an issue what so ever.

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          15 days ago

          China has a larger population and land area than the United States and they have universal healthcare. There’s nothing special about the US that makes universal healthcare more difficult to implement except the entrenched special interests that lobby the government to prevent it.

  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    The USA gives millions of dollars to these countries… Germany received 10 million from the USA in 2025.

    Why does Germany get 10 million and universal healthcare, and we get 0 million and $1000 shots of insulin?

    Well, as long as we take care of Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, that’s our number one priority.

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      15 days ago

      10 million, if true, it only a spit in the ocean. You guys really need to learn to stop blaming other countries for your continued social crisis.

      The US is still the most wealthy country in the world. And it’s, I believe, the only Western country in the world without universal healthcare.

      You already have the cash, you just need to decide to spend it in the right way. Every dollar you spend on other countries has a hook embedded in it, just like China does. Believe me, it’s not altruistic generosity.

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        Yeah, $10m is chump change for a country and even most states. Pretty sure that’s how much it costs to repave a mile of my street nowadays. 🤣

        We may have given money to other countries, but the US has also used it’s influence to shape the world in it’s favor to a much larger self-benefit than few million dollars.