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  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
    48·
    3 months ago

    That’s because the American health care system is by and large run as a for-profit enterprise, and that kind of thing as we well know always eventually devolves into a race to the bottom to maximize profits at the expense of everything else until it collapses.

    But in this case, “at the expense of everything else” is not churning out lousy hamburgers or making gaming keyboards that break 2 days out of warranty. Rather, people don’t receive competent health care, don’t receive care soon enough, or just don’t receive care at all and in some cases die. All for a buck.

    I know that’s not necessarily the correlation the article is trying to make with its survey, but I’ll bet you a nickel it’s the majority of the root cause of the outcome in any case.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      18·
      3 months ago

      I just had employee share in our slack how her kid is turning 18 and wasn’t sure if the child was still covered. The kid has some disorder and work insurance pays for the meds. HR shared that fortunately, insurance covers kids until 26.

      But all my brain did was go “Until she gets fired or laid off or something.”

      • pdxfed@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        Democrats passed Affordable Care Act/Obamacare which changed the dependent coverage to 26.

        Most democratic controlled states also opened state healthcare exchanges so you can get healthcare if your employer doesn’t offer it.

        Democrats also expanded Medicaid and made it available in all states, the Republican ones spurned the chance to offer healthcare to their poor.ost democratic controlled states offer free healthcare to those in economic need, including if you’re laid off.

        While we still need single payer healthcare for everyone, not just Medicare, the ACA made a big difference for many.

  • BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 months ago

    Fifty-three percent of respondents hold a “very or somewhat” unfavorable view of the system, while 40 percent hold a “very or somewhat” favorable view.

    I swear to God, you could ask “Do you enjoy being hit in the face with a hammer?” in a poll and 30% - 50% of my countrymen would answer “yes”. At least one third of this country lives in a completely different reality.

  • sunzu@kbin.run
    101·
    3 months ago

    The only people who like it are people who don’t have to use it.

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
      22·
      3 months ago

      That’s not really true though. My family has excellent insurance, and the whole process of having a kid and all the pediatric visits since have been great (both in terms of care and cost).

      That said, our healthcare system sucks at a population level, and I certainly recognize that. But I think recognition that our system works very well for a small part of the population is an important thing to acknowledge.

      I certainly “hold an unfavorable view” of the US healthcare system…but that’s not because it doesn’t work for me personally.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    3 months ago

    And a portion of those happily vote to keep it that way.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      And not just from afar. I have non-American friends who live in the US, and it’s quite frightening for someone who grew up with easy and affordable access to healthcare.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    Well, I can tell you that the ultra-neoliberal parties funded by rich americans in other countries just loooove the American Healthcare Model and detest National Healthcare Systems.