@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agoA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1975arrow-down1external-linkA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square265fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareVanonlinkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoIn my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
minus-squarethe post of tom joadlink2•edit-24 months agoYou are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive. He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service. Makes you think, huh?
In my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
You are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive.
He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service.
Makes you think, huh?
Fuck Joe Lieberman