• Optional@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Is that spending actually on healthcare, or is it really extorted by an invisible state of ‘healthcare industries’ that sell an aspirin for $100?

    “Healthcare” CEOs are certainly not underfunded. But you don’t have to look far to find healthcare programs that are.

    • insufferableninja@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Medicare and Medicaid set their own prices and providers get direct payments from those programs, so shrug. There’s a reason Medicare is the blueprint for single payer (M4A).