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[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 83 points 10 months ago (9 children)

The United States health insurance system. It's such a for-profit racket that more taxpayer money goes into it per capita than any other system out there and its outcomes are worse and shittier.

[โ€“] dan1101@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

It was so disheartening that the ACA just funneled billions more to insurance companies, only it was taxpayer money.

It would be like trying to fix broadband internet by forcing everyone to have a Comcast plan, and using taxpayer dollars to pay for those plans.

[โ€“] Chapo0114@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

And still letting Comcast set the prices

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