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[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Even Russia figured this out.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Hurrr healthcare is communism! Can't have that in muh country gun shot noises

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 10 points 6 days ago

"GUNS AND PEOPLE WHO BREED" ?

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago
[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Dude just really don't like George Reed.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Just so you know, a majority of Canadians want to either try or adopt the US system

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

The majority of Canadians, or the majority if Canadian politicians?

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -3 points 6 days ago
[-] naught101@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

That first link says that most people want the government to pay a lot more... That doesn't really seem like "we want the US system"

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

For instance, almost six in ten (59%) would support the private delivery of publicly funded health services and a similar proportion (60%) is in favor of private healthcare for those who are able to afford it.

From that first link

[-] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

You need extensive therapy

[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'll gladly swap citizenship with any Canadian! Come and claim your coverage by our wonderful privatized healthcare system! No take backsies

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 6 days ago

Idiots are everywhere on this shithole of a planet

[-] copd@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To be clear, universal healthcare is slowly failing in the UK

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

It really isn't. It was being undermined by political powers who wanted to line their own pockets with a private system.

The Tory playbook is to underfund and sabotage public interest so they can claim it doesn't work without private ownership.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

we'll see what Starmer does. So far his gestures have sounded promising, but you never know

[-] Piatro@programming.dev 17 points 6 days ago

By design of the ruling parties, not because universal healthcare is impossible

[-] copd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

One could argue ruling parties reducing funding for universal healthcare (reduction of giving to the poor) is inevitable.

#lateStageCapitalism

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Because conservatives are deliberately sabotaging it.

[-] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And healthcare is an utter disaster in the US, your argument holds zero merit

USA:

  • Has most powerful military in the world

Also:

  • Can't prevent kids from getting mass murdered in school, and making it worse, it happens every week

😓

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The US is barely a developed nation. The Economist reclassified the US as a flawed democracy in 2022. There were also proposals by members of the UNCTAD to reclassify the US as a developing nation in 2023, a classification formerly known as third world. The proposals were unsupported by the World Bank.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/09/15/us-is-becoming-a-developing-country-on-global-rankings-that-measure-democracy-inequality/

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 13 points 6 days ago

That was before Trump won. I think the category moved from developing to post-apocalyptic.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Pre-apocalyptic as of now, but things could change quickly.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

I don't remember where I heard this, but someone a while back called America a "third-world country but with Walmarts." And while the "third-world" moniker is a bit dated and problematic, I think the rest fits pretty well.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 6 days ago

The US is like the Two-Face or Jekyll/Hyde of developed nations. It’s more like a developing nation with islands of modernity AND Walmarts.

We have all this money, military, cultural influence, universities, businesses, and so many other by-the-numbers indicators of a modern society. But we don’t have the quality of life, and we just elected Donald Trump in goddamn 2024. Decisively so. Fuck.

[-] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 6 days ago

True, the part about us having Wal-Marts is accurate. We do have those.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 1 week ago

While Switzerland has universal health care it's just by virtue of mandating everyone to get insurance from a private insurer.

At least there is a basic insurance package called Grundversicherung, which the insurers have to accept you for that has defined coverage. But it doesn't cover luxury bones (teeth) or vision.

Anyway I'm just trying to say choose one of the other 31 to model the US system after.

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Who has single payer that covers teeth and vision? And when I say vision I mean good glasses, not shit lenses.

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