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vjvjvjvjghv ◴[] No.45152772[source]
Is there any hope to clean up the US health system in any foreseeable future? How did the health lobby get so much power and get away with all this abuse?
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1. lostdog ◴[] No.45153313[source]
I'm not sure if there's any hope of US healthcare improving for a long while. The ACA was the only recent improvement. It was a small change, but the electorate decided that it was bad, pushed its supporters out of office, and elected a series of people who promised to "repeal and replace" it, but weren't really serious about any improvement. And then when the "repeal and replace" crowd failed, they were not held accountable, but reelected anyways.

There also isn't much interest in improving healthcare from either side right now. The right has nothing. Their current platform is ignorant views about vaccines. The left has a stronger interest in Palestine and housing abundance right now, though all of that is dwarfed by trying to keep the rule of law going, and preventing us from falling out of a democracy. Healthcare is way way down the list for everyone sadly--even Bernie doesn't talk about it much anymore. The electorate has spoken, and they are not interested.

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2. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[] No.45154327[source]
Very true. Trans athletes in women's sports are way more important than affordable healthcare.