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Ocelot II

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1. Capitalism in health care has been tried already.

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:19 AM

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People got sick and died because they couldn't afford to pay doctors. Then health insurance was invented, or rather evolved, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and for awhile it was relatively affordable. Medicare and Medicaid were created in the '60s, which helped the elderly and the disabled. But then the capitalists got in on the health insurance market big-time in the '80s and we're back to where we started. If you can't afford to pay the doctor because you can't afford health insurance, you get sick and die.

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Republicans must think, (and maybe others) that healthcare will work with capitalism [View all] RoeVWade Wednesday OP

Capitalism in health care has been tried already. Ocelot II Wednesday #1

And when you know they will only do anything if dragged kicking and screaming, that they're not into a real fix. RoeVWade Wednesday #2

It does in Switzerland. nycbos Wednesday #3

So capitalism only "works" with "heavy regulations?" leftstreet Wednesday #4

Maybe so nycbos Wednesday #6

Well, that would be more like socialism then n/t leftstreet Wednesday #7

We tried that, and in fact it continues as the ACA. The basic idea... keep_left Wednesday #10

DURec leftstreet Wednesday #5

Wealthy Republicans think that healthcare will work with capitalism... haele Wednesday #8

I doubt Greed and Healthcare can effectively exist in the same egg Torchlight Wednesday #9