Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 2, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

INTRODUCTION

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Like in r/neoliberal and r/neoconnwo, you can talk about anything you want in the Discussion Thread. So, socialize with other people, talk about politics and conservatism, tell us about your day, shitpost or literally anything under the sun. In the DT, rules such as "stay on topic" and "no Shitposting/Memes/Politician-focused comments" don't apply.

It is my hope that we can foster a sense of community through the Discussion Thread.

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/Vagabond_Texan]

Are they insane, or are they just responding naturally to how fucked our healthcare system is and no one seems interested in fixing it?

[u/N0RedDays → u/Vagabond_Texan]

They are insane. The brokenness of our healthcare system comes from Washington, not from insurance executives.

[u/Vagabond_Texan → u/N0RedDays]

Right. Washington, and not the insurance companies denying claims.

If it was revealed that the shooter lost a loved one because due to a denied claim, could you really blame him?

[u/ReturnoftheTurd → u/Vagabond_Texan]

It’s not as simple as “a claim was denied so healthcare is broke”. Newsflash, the inability to obtain medical care exists in every country that has universal healthcare too. They also deny claims. They tend to have extreme wait times in addition to this. Europe also has far more strict immigration standards which is a slightly indirect way of effectively denying medical care to people as well. On top of that, Europe straight up doesn’t even have access to certain top level services that only exist in the United States.

Healthcare is not actually that broken here. There’s just a flood of anecdotes that even when added up together don’t make a statistic. Thing is, I’m not out there ranting every single time my insurance and everyone’s insurance that I know just pays the bill without basically any effort or issues. Because why would we? But regardless of that, insurance companies still pay over a trillion dollars per year in claims. We still perform tens of millions of operations a year. And even where there are disparities, first, adjust for the definition differences before addressing it.