Watching this vid on property #taxes by #StrongTowns makes me wonder: what does America do right, society-wise? What does America do better than other developed nations?

We don't have #UniversalHealthcare, and #healthcare expenses are outrageous.

Our progressive tax system has been defanged by moneyed interests.

Our time off policies are pathetic, with paid childcare leave being rare to non-existent.

Our minimum wage is ridiculously low.

We've turned local law enforcement into military nuts, with LEO rarely facing true repercussions for committing crimes thanks to their ~~unions~~ gangs.

Voting is not compulsory, nor is easy everywhere, with plenty of hurdles depending on location/ethnicity.

The list goes on & on.

What does America do right 🤔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MjjHKIlKko

Agree: We would have cheap drugs if the government didn't give drug companies patent monopolies. -Dean Baker #FDA #UniversalHealthCare https://cepr.net/when-it-comes-to-saving-money-on-health-care-there-are-some-things-you-cant-say-in-the-nyt/

@artisanrox

@drahardja

Not disagreeing. My first-order priorities would be UHC and a structured debt jubilee.

#UBI #universalhealthcare #medicareforall

@JoeChip @drahardja

Also, you realize that even WITH private insurance, health care in the US is not affordable??

I could be in debt $10,000 even WITH my insurance in an emergency, and UBI would absolutely VANISH under that weight of debt.

It doesn't matter how fungible yoyr money is, thousands/tens of thousands of dollars of emergency debt will NULLIFY any UBI you receive.

#UBI
#universalhealthcare
#medicareforall

@artisanrox

@drahardja

I agree but would argue that the lack of universal healthcare is not an argument against UBI.

Money is ...well, fungible. UBI that enables me to afford healthcare allows me to spend the remainder on housing & food.

#UBI #healthcare #universalhealthcare #medicareforall

@drahardja

The problem is, in the US, UBI is just more subsidy into for-profit health care businesses **without** some layer of universal healthcare.

In the US, we MUST install universal healthcare BEFORE we do UBI or we're just shoveling money into another monster.

#UBI
#healthcare
#universalhealthcare
#medicareforall

Mystery! People seem to be more often sick! And it’s not free 😮

The Swiss have universal healthcare. The costs are shared equally among all citizens, with basic health services covered after a self-pay minimum of around $2000 per year.

That's fine. But since the end of the #pandemic in 2021, people seem to need more services. This year costs are rising by ~10%, last year by 6.3%.

https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/krankenkassenpraemien-praemienhammer-krankenkassen-wollen-8-bis-9-prozent-rauf

#economy
#mystery #covid #universalhealthcare

Every American deserves access to the same quality of health care that Mitch McConnell is getting. #universalhealthcare

U.S. Announces First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/us/politics/medicare-drug-pricing-negotiations.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

I'm not sure why we are choosing which drugs to negotiating some drugs. Just to the whole thing. I'm sorry that drug companies will still have multi-billion dollar profits. This should be about making Healthcare more affordable for all of us. #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare

Most Important 2024 House Candidate Who National Progressive Movement is Ignoring: @Blue__America endorsed snd self-described Intersectional Humanitarian, @Maebe_A_Girl
for #CA30

#TransRights
#JusticeForALL
#HousingRights #UniversalHealthcare #GND

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/08/most-important-2024-house-candidate-who?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=78633

Stop with the #distractions. We need #universalhealthcare in the #unitedstates.

#5yrsago The peculiar hazards of #megaprojects https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2424835

#5yrsago The #ClownEgg Register: photos of the painstakingly painted eggs that English clowns stake their faces on https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/8/20/17719884/clown-egg-register-luke-stephenson-helen-champion

#5yrsago How much would #UniversalHealthCare really cost? https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/08/calculate-costs-medicareforall-properly.html

#5yrsago 22 states jointly petition the Federal Circuit appeals court to reinstate #NetNeutrality https://web.archive.org/web/20181109180138/https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-files-suit-stop-illegal-rollback-net-neutrality

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Watching #CampDavid press announcement. Topics I don’t expect to hear about: #nucleardisarmament #CovidVaccine #universalhealthcare #climateemergency #negotiateendofKoreanWar Topics I DO expect to hear about: #military #AI #Taiwan #technology #trade #batteries #force #NorthKorea

@danwentzel

We do need UHC, but not M4A.

We need something real. ACA expansion is real.

#medicareforall #universalhealthcare #USpol #politics #m4a

@danwentzel

I agree. Treating health care as a service that human beings require, rather than a tool for destroying people's lives in the name of corporate profit, is one of the most urgent needs in our rapidly disintegrating society.

Let's try to actually get one of those universal health care models implemented, rather than insisting that only one of those models, one that cannot actually be implemented, is the only one that will suffice.

#universalhealthcare #medicareforall #USpol

My friend who emigrated to Spain posted that he had to go to the Emergency Room today. Instead of it breaking his bank account, the visit only cost him €16.

We are being ripped off in ways we don't even realize by the US health “care” non-system which is designed to maximize corporate profits by bankrupting patients.

We need a new model and should adopt one of the universal health care models that get much better health care outcomes than ours. #universalhealthcare #medicareforall #USpol

#Today, my oldest sister, who has brain cancer, goes into a nursing facility. She can no longer care for herself. She's fought lymphoma, eye cancer and now the brain. She's a tough old broad, who's had so much chemo and radiation thrown at her, I'm surprised she's not glowing.

The care facility will cost $9,000 a month. A month.

#CancerSucks
#Healthcare
#UniversalHealthCare

How do we move health care back onto the political agenda? After the 2020 primaries and the failure of Build Back Better to pass, it has completely disappeared off the radar.

I know what we can't pass federally with a Republican-controlled House, and why we can't pass it with Manchin & Sinema in the Senate.

But what CAN we do to move towards universal access to health care, especially at the state level?

Is anyone up for a #CalCare ballot initiative?
#UniversalHealthCare

#pricegouging #MedicareForAll #universalhealthcare #singlepayer #medicalbills #unitedstates

Right-Wing “Herd Immunity” Logic Has Infiltrated US Politics and Public Health

A toxic worldview has exploited pandemic despair to win new converts to the politics of the far right.

By Danny Katch, Truthout
Published August 9, 2023

#CovidIsNotOver
#StopHealthSupremacy
#WearAMask
#UniversalHealthcare
#DisabilityJustice

https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-herd-immunity-logic-has-infiltrated-us-politics-and-public-health/