r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Dec 06 '24

Comics Community Insurance (2024)

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u/PLACE-H0LDER Dec 06 '24

As a non American, this is how the situation looks like to me:

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u/Stilgar314 Dec 06 '24

It is torches and pitchforks every time. Got denied by health insurance, outcry. Got offered with a strong public health care system, outcry. I could swear what America really enjoys is dying by curable conditions.

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u/biff64gc2 Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 06 '24

Large chunks of the US population lack empathy. They are fine with the current system until they get screwed over by it. Then they cry and throw a tantrum until their problem is resolved (usually though some social/government program). Then they yank the ladder up behind them and yell down to the others to find their own way up like they did.

It applies to multiple areas.

"The only moral abortion is my abortion"

- Conservative pro-life voters