Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: Universal Health Care
From:    Arelor
Date:    Tue Jul 07, 2026 11:58

@VIA: PALANTIR
  Re: Re: Universal Health Care
  By: DaiTengu to Dr. What on Mon Jul 06 2026 02:09 pm

 >
 >  And you think corporations are any less "corrupt" ? It's the coroprations
 > that are corrupting the government. How do we solve this problem?
 >

Corporations suck, but it is so much easier to dodge them than it is to dodge a corrupt government.

Example: Let's say Sony sucks and their PS5 sucks and buying PS5 products becomes problematic because their terms, conditions and pricing become abusive.You pick your toys and buy your games elsewhere.

Meanwhile if you were forced by the Government to buy a subscription plan from the TrumpStation you would be stuck with whichever thing they decided to sell to you. At best, you might have some money left to buy the console of your liking while still paying for the TrumpStation.

As (technically) an employee in the health sector, that scenario is what happens here and the result is pretty much that if you have the money you buy the console you like, whereasif you don't you get the TrumpStation, and if somebody complains private consoles have any issue they are automatically told tostop complaining and go back to the TrumpStation.

 >  (I know I'm replying to MRO here) -
 >  I got news for ya bud. "Insurance" _IS_ paying for someone else's
 > healthcare.

Yeah but in theory that entitles you to services specific to your name and youcan leave anytime you like.

Not a fan of insurance, mind you, but Government and insurance are lightyears away from each other.

I mean, Government unemployment pensions also work as insurance policies, for example, and the idea is you pay your taxes to get some unemployment relief if you end up jobless. Fine. Except the only time I had to lay claim on unemployment relief they took so long to hand it to me that I had been doing subsistence harvesting for three months and just gotten back to a job when they started paying. If this had been private insurance you could have cancelled your policy, sued, shamed, and found recourse somehow. With a Government plan the only thing you get is "If you don't like it, vote for the other candidate next year. By the way,the other candidate is the same as me. Fuck you, Arelor."


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