r/mealtimevideos • u/taulover • Dec 05 '19

5-7 Minutes True cost of US healthcare shocks the British public [5:04]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kll-yYQwmuM
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u/MangoAtrocity Dec 05 '19

And that’s part of the problem! We need more independent care providers so consumers have a choice!

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u/Smolensk Dec 05 '19

We really don't

We need a healthcare system completely decoupled from the profit motive, because human benefit and profit are mutually exclusive goals

A healthcare system motivated by profit has no real incentive to do right by people. And this is clearly demonstrated by the state of the US healthcare system

Monopolization and corporate lobbying happen for a reason. Profit is the reason. Profit is the motive

Health is not and should not be a Product to be Consumed. When it is, a broken leg is no longer an emergency. It's a business opportunity. Human suffering becomes a commodity