Post ATSTnnDoAJ1OhG4zGi by chadloder@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #ATSJxQ7zsnj0QXJUmm by chadloder@kolektiva.social
       2023-03-09T23:51:33Z
       
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       The fact that Americans are risking their lives traveling to a region of Mexico controlled by cartels in order to obtain healthcare says a lot more about the USA than it does about Mexico.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATSJxQjZd5maJ4tVM8 by BootyLasher@ohai.social
       2023-03-09T23:57:32Z
       
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       @chadloder also important to note: cartels may operate in Mexico but they're able to exist purely because of the US drug war and funded almost exclusively by sales in the US.  They're not so much Mexican cartels as they are American drug suppliers stationed overseas. We could bankrupt them overnight by changing our drug policy to make them obsolete and create a better world for everyone in the process, but instead we use them as examples of scary brown people.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATSTnljdgzIM5OxNbc by Bozo777@infosec.exchange
       2023-03-10T00:50:51Z
       
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       @chadloder But optional cosmetic healthcare says a lot about USA's screwed up values around image.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATSTnmFBngX3fFiZma by chadloder@kolektiva.social
       2023-03-10T00:52:20Z
       
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       @Bozo777 No, not really. The US is not even in the top 5 countries in the world for this.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATSTnmiG3bmh7PJn5k by Bozo777@infosec.exchange
       2023-03-10T00:53:40Z
       
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       @chadloder Do the top 5 countries for this include it in universal healthcare, or is it up to the patient to pay?  Not familiar with the standards on cosmetic surgery.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATSTnnDoAJ1OhG4zGi by chadloder@kolektiva.social
       2023-03-10T00:56:22Z
       
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       @Bozo777 idk, I think it's worth interrogating our own value system as it applies to medical procedures. Would be a useful exercise, as someone who probably has internalized a similar hierarchy from "valid" to "oh this is purely cosmetic and somehow less valid"
       
 (DIR) Post #ATg63LVADilsn3YlkW by zleap@qoto.org
       2023-03-16T15:54:21Z
       
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       @chadloder I think we have a similar situation here where people travel overseas to get dental treatment, they end up, in some cases worse off than before the started and need a dentist in the UK to put the damage right.We need more dentists in the UK,  but I see very little in the way of a recruitment drive.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATg6IeqwYT4X9Q33x2 by zleap@qoto.org
       2023-03-16T15:56:21Z
       
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       @chadloder I think we have a similar situation here where people travel overseas to get dental treatment, they end up, in some cases worse off than before the started and need a dentist in the UK to put the damage right.We need more dentists in the UK,  but I see very little in the way of a recruitment drive.