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0 pointsDomenic_S9y ago0 comments

> What's special about healthcare except that it's expensive?

Great question. Everyone needs food, everyone needs shelter, everyone needs medical care, but this deep passion only exists for the last item.

My opinion is because the system we have today is basically a wealth transfer from the taxpayers to large interest groups (nurses' unions, big pharma, etc).

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dragonwriter9y ago

> Everyone needs food, everyone needs shelter, everyone needs medical care, but this deep passion only exists for the last item.

Programs exist to make food and shelter universally available, as well, and while imperfect, the proportion of the population unable to afford food or shelter is lower than the pre (or even post) ACA rate of people being unable to afford healthcare.

The fact that the problem is less solved for healthcare is probably why there is more visible passion on the issue.

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