• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    Even within free market logic free healthcare just makes sense. It enables people to more comfortably quit their job to start a business or take any better job. It also allows people more freedom to choose medical professionals based on their merits rather than on who their insurer says they can use.

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      It’s also cheaper for everyone, and results in much better outcomes on average. It’s truly win/win/win.

      The only losers would be the insurance companies that would no longer exist. And fuck them.

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        The stupid thing is that even this isn’t necessarily the case. Even in countries that have public healthcare, there are still private options for those who want “fancier” care. The true statement is that they would only be able to rip off the wealthy, instead of everyone in the country.

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      Even within free market logic free healthcare just makes sense.

      It doesn’t make sense because it doesn’t maximize the short term profits of a health care business.

      It enables people to more comfortably quit their job

      No American capitalist wants this.

      You can be hired. You can be fired. You can’t go around quitting without your boss’s permission.