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0 pointss1artibartfast1y ago0 comments

Then we need to fix it. Going out and shooting whoever you dont like moves us further from this goal, not closer.

People broadly agree that they dont like the status quo. They dont agree on what would be better. You cant have change without direction and detail.

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somenameforme1y ago· 2 in thread

This isn't the issue. You could get easily get the overwhelming majority of society to agree 'let's criminalize unjustified denials with criminal penalties for the executives of healthcare companies who violate such' and it's simply not going to happen. A handful of corporations' "lobbying" easily trumps the opinion of society.

And getting people elected is no different. Fewer and fewer people identify as either republican or democrat (with independents being the largest 'party' by far), yet lo and behold like 99.9% of politicians at all levels, high and low, are republican or democrat, with basically no independent representation because the system makes it unreasonably difficult to select an alternative. This is further confounded by an utterly worthless media system that further works to entrench the political establishment, and much more.

s1artibartfastOP1y ago

I dont think it is that easy to define "unjustified denials". People might agree on a vibe, but not detail. What would a bill look like?

Regarding the party and representational system, I agree there is a lot of dysfunction. Same problem. Nobody can agree on alternatives. Even ranked choice, which I think is the tiniest step in the right direction is highly controversial. Ideas like expanding the house to 30,000 representatives [1], seem like a fantasy.

People hate change more than the status quo.

Regarding the media environment, the consumer is the problem. As long as people prefer and seek out garbage, there is no possible solution.

[1] https://thirty-thousand.org/

somenameforme1y ago

An unjustified denial is obviously a denial that should not have been denied by the terms of your agreement with the insurance company. And we should also add delays and other anti-payment 'strategies' as criminal offenses as well. And as such behaviors would now be criminal in nature, exact offenses would determined by a jury of our peers.

It's obviously not people hating change. People want these things, and many others to change. It's a completely broken political system that is happy to change, but only when it benefits corporations or political, especially geopolitical, interests. Ranked choice won't do anything. Australia has one of the most dysfunctional democracies in the world, and they have both universal voting, obviously 'Australian voting', and even a proportionally elected Senate.

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