30 People Share Experiences That Made Them Change Their Views Radically

The main problem of mankind nowadays is envy and jealousy. People care less about what they have and how they live and more that other people don't get anything they might not deserve in their opinion, even when denying others is harmful to themselves. Just ask the question if a person would take one million dollars as a gift if it meant that another person gets two and see what happens. Even though those people would still get a huge chunk of money and would have a great life after the fact they'll still be grumpy about not getting the bigger sum or trying to find ways to profit from it. This envy is what leads rich people to underpay their own employees despite having billions in the bank already or people blocking social programs although they might need them themselves sometimes. If I had one single wish from a genie I'd wish for envy and jealousy to disappear forever and be replaced with bliss when you see another person being happy and I'm sure the world would be a better place.

That's right, the US spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world, yet coverage is at or below developing world level.

(1) The health insurance industry spends a LOT of money lobbying Congress. (2) The GOP has convinced the stupider part of the population that universal health care is socialism. (3) People somehow believe that they're not already paying for other people's medical care via private insurance when that's literally how insurance works. (4) The stupids would rather die horribly than see anyone they consider 'below them' receive health care. (5) Neither party is really interested in changing the capitalist system where corporations bleed citizens dry for life's necessities.

because they have to spend that money on military hardware obviously

Because our system is a for-profit healthcare system, even if they created 'Medicare for all,' it would still be a for-profit system. The only way around that would be for the government to nationalize the healthcare system as it is in all other countries. That will never happen because the industry is a massive political donor, and wealthy stockholders (billionaires) won't stand for that.

Doesn't it cost more because it is a "for profit" system? Thus, the rich profiting from the system are most likely connected into the politics?

NOTHING is free, I would not be opposed to a 40% tax bite for this

It's always because somebody rich is getting richer on the status quo.

Doctors and hospitals won't stand for "free" Healthcare because they would no longer be able to make insane profits.

The low end cost according to a Brookings Study (some others say cost would be higher), would be 3.2 trillion a year, that is more than all other govt spending combined (based off of how much is spent of Medicare and Medicaid already, and using the per-person value amount). The US govt could take 100% of all earnings over 100k and still not reach that number. Not to mention in the first 10 years we would take on 50 trillion in unfunded liabilities. We need a better system, but the Medicare for all wouldnt work given how the US works, 50 states, etc. Dr. Marty Makary at Johns Hopkins and Professor Robin Feldman have writter how we can reduce over 70% of the costs in our current system connected to bad regulations and rules. There are ways to make health care very affordable in the US, just too many special interests ,from the private sector and government unions (over 50,000 federal emplyees would be laid off if we fixed it, not to mention thousands of state emplyees).

Because the personification of America is a fat CEO in a 3-piece suit, leaning back in his desk chair with a tumbler of scotch and smoking a fat cigar. While laughing maniacally.

Because it would make sense, and we can't have that, can we ? 🙄🙄🙄

Because they're arrogant and unintelligent.

I can get behind single payer health care but PLEASE stop calling it free. It is not.

Bc then they need to raise taxes

It seemed to me it was more a mentality of "If you can't afford healthcare or housing it's because you don't work enough, all in all it's your fault if you are in a precarious situation, you're lazy and I shouldn't pay for you".

And now they just bill the patient at the insurance rate, which is jacked way up because insurance companies demanded discounts, so providers raised rates so the "discounted" rate was still enough. It's like raising the price of a couch by 50% so you can have a 40% OFF sale, but keeping the higher price once the "sale" is over.

No, not just Conservatives. We would have had something very similar to Obamacare decades ago, during the Nixon administration, except Ted Kennedy didn't think it went far enough so the Democrats torpedoed it.

I live in Boston and the biggest impediment to more housing is liberals. (But I do think conservatives cause more harm.)

Both are very right wing by European standards

Nonsense.

Not all changes are good changes.

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I'm guessing this was before water meters were installed to ensure you paid for everything you used, so two houses were getting water for the price of one.

I really worry for America! Help someone get f#cked up the ar£e by the law

In some places it's against the law to save and use rainwater, even if it's for your lawn.

They’re mad that they can’t make the poor person suffer.

That seems familiar. I know quite a bit about both the UK and German systems and both are reasonably good (albeit with a lot of room to improve) but you often have research and then push hard to get what children are entitled to.

The only day it's not a sin is Election Day.

Love your username!

The only reason u upvoted is because it seems sarcastic

Yikes.