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Scarsdale

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6. What the healthcare industry
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 11:05 AM
Dec 2019

pays lobbyists and politicians would pay for many patients to have needed surgery. The healthcare in this country is a disgrace. Sure, doctors and hospitals are terrific, the costs are way too high. Get rid of the republicans and replace them with democratic politicians, and they will clean it up. It will take YEARS to do that, though. The corruption runs deep, as in every aspect of anything positive in this government. Republicans cater only to the rich.

This is the real death panel in the U.S. warmfeet Dec 2019 #1
✔️ blm Dec 2019 #2
+ 1000 Ohiogal Dec 2019 #3
+1. The healthcare executives are not stupid dalton99a Dec 2019 #4
So, true Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #9
Exactly. Profits before patients. BSdetect Dec 2019 #8
It always has been. That's what has made this KPN Dec 2019 #15
We don't have a healthcare "system." We have a for-profit health care industry...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #19
Indeed ck4829 Jan 2020 #31
Ironic that this is also Sanders' faction's doing by throwing Hortensis Jan 2020 #32
Exactly! brutus smith Dec 2019 #5
What the healthcare industry Scarsdale Dec 2019 #6
How very trumpian. Cruelty. Cruelty is the whole point. calimary Dec 2019 #7
It's a frightening realization samplegirl Dec 2019 #10
I agree! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #12
Weeelllll... lonely bird Dec 2019 #11
This is just pure evil. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #13
THIS. And it's been going on for decades. KPN Dec 2019 #16
It is evil, it is disgusting ck4829 Jan 2020 #25
I've refinanced my house 3 times in 25 years MontanaMama Dec 2019 #14
Thank God your son has you as his mother. KPN Dec 2019 #18
conservatives need to hear from people like you Skittles Dec 2019 #21
I'm so sorry you have had to go through this, MontanaMama. Ohiogal Jan 2020 #29
We need area51 Dec 2019 #17
Trump has made nazi-sympathizers crawl out from under their rocks Skittles Dec 2019 #20
Just like the economics, it's 'Voodoo' health care appalachiablue Jan 2020 #22
That is true ck4829 Jan 2020 #24
K&R ck4829 Jan 2020 #23
I have a friend who is an MD. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #26
This post should be an OP on its own. BeckyDem Jan 2020 #28
There is one reason why we do not have single payer. BeckyDem Jan 2020 #27
The hospital let this woman down. They likely could have gotten her treatment covered by Medicaid. Hoyt Jan 2020 #30
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