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Old 09-16-2025 | 09:27 AM
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Oh I agree that our system is fiscally inefficient. I'd be ok with congress fixing that, but not ok with government provided or government mandated healthcare.
Government run health care is a mess. Only 32 of the top 33 countries have figured it out.
Old 09-16-2025 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Sliceback
Government run health care is a mess. Only 32 of the top 33 countries have figured it out.
If you mean providing a lower standard of care for all vs a higher standard of care for the insured, I'd agree with you. There is a reason why people still get private insurance under socialized medicine. It's so that they can access services that would otherwise be unavailable/severely delayed within the government-run program.
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Originally Posted by Meme In Command
Very true.

Can you retire at what you projected to have on day 1 of indoc while you were riding your new career high wearing the most rosy tinted glasses? Probably not.

Has a pilot who faced career adversities 25-30 years ago had enough time opportunity to put together at least a modest nest egg that could ensure a roof over their head and food on their table? Absolutely.
This^^^ I was flying as a young guy in the military at the time 30 years ago. The concept that what happened to someone (that is still flying) during that time hasn't been able to made whole by now from industry-wide events is absurd.
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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp
If you mean providing a lower standard of care for all vs a higher standard of care for the insured, I'd agree with you. There is a reason why people still get private insurance under socialized medicine. It's so that they can access services that would otherwise be unavailable/severely delayed within the government-run program.
Fair to say no system is perfect, but the US is going about it all wrong and data proves it.
Old 09-16-2025 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp
If you mean providing a lower standard of care for all vs a higher standard of care for the insured, I'd agree with you. There is a reason why people still get private insurance under socialized medicine. It's so that they can access services that would otherwise be unavailable/severely delayed within the government-run program.
lower standard of care = better health outcomes


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Old 09-16-2025 | 10:26 AM
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my government does a lot of good. the fact that you think “government sucks” as a rule indicates that you’ve not truly considered the alternative
The alternative is properly regulated private sector. To the absolute minimal degree necessary. Hard to do with many in congress bought and paid for.

I've seen government from the inside. Yes, it's bad.
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Originally Posted by Sliceback
Government run health care is a mess. Only 32 of the top 33 countries have figured it out.
Yes it's a mess.

The successful ones also tend to VERY homogeneous cultures. Collective enterprises work better when everybody has shared values, work ethic, and expectations. We do not in the US.
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Yes it's a mess.

The successful ones also tend to VERY homogeneous cultures. Collective enterprises work better when everybody has shared values, work ethic, and expectations. We do not in the US.
may be true, but it’s also an excuse. We just can’t week ourself off the concept of medical care is a privilege (preventative care) and yet a very basic right only for the destitute (emergency care).

We can mobilize a military under the same landscape with a shared common goal. Medical needs are a shared common goal.
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The alternative is properly regulated private sector. To the absolute minimal degree necessary. Hard to do with many in congress bought and paid for.

I've seen government from the inside. Yes, it's bad.
yes, i know. nobody could ever have an informed opinion on government that disagrees with yours.


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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The alternative is properly regulated private sector. To the absolute minimal degree necessary. Hard to do with many in congress bought and paid for.

I've seen government from the inside. Yes, it's bad.
Bought and paid for by the private sector that would never do wrong or abuse it's power? It takes two to make a bribe. You can't point a finger at government without also acknowledging the faults in private sector buying up politicians in the first place.
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