Interesting that the healthcare lobby is larger than the defense industry lobby

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Feb 24, 2019
7:55:11pm

So it goes... All-American

Interesting that the healthcare lobby is larger than the defense industry lobby

It's a few years old but I think this is an excellent article on the state of our Healthcare system, good and bad...

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

Corrections Appended: February 26 and March 12, 2013 1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March…

http://time.com/198/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/

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Time

What is happening to the US?

TNT

2/23/19 10:57am

Pride cycle, to be honest.

Big Daddy D

2/23/19 10:58am

We are arguing over silly things and forgetting to build our community and

wabluecoug

2/23/19 11:03am

And fitting into the pride cycle — selfishness.

lightmann

2/23/19 1:36pm

People tried finding happiness in things that don’t bring happiness

Mrs Featerbottom

2/23/19 11:02am

Probably the same thing we read about in the Book of Mormon

idacoug

2/23/19 11:03am

We read about poor construction and bad health care in the BoM?

CDV

2/23/19 11:04am

🤦‍♂️

idacoug

2/23/19 11:06am

Bad healthcare? Lol. Never in the history of the world has it been better.

Nakedbootleg

2/23/19 11:07am

Bad health is the issue, the vast majority of which cases are due to lifestyle

Ash

2/23/19 4:29pm

I can’t believe I agree with Ash on yet another point

Big Daddy D

2/23/19 5:08pm

Um, ok. The drama isn't necessary is it? I have no idea what our history is

Ash

2/23/19 8:29pm

This, probably:

Homercles

2/23/19 10:49pm

I was just repeating the points of the article. Not endorsing.

CDV

2/23/19 6:25pm

Thats... not the point

Dissenter

2/24/19 1:35am

It’s also better than it was 10 yrs ago. And what’s wrong with it primarily has

Nakedbootleg

2/24/19 7:07am

Not to mention the insurance industry is highly regulated so it's not even

Ash

2/24/19 11:32am

Interesting that the healthcare lobby is larger than the defense industry lobby

2/24/19 7:55pm

Get the government out of it and let's try that fix for ten years before jumping

Ash

2/24/19 11:37am

Everyone has to make a buck, or a million of them

2/23/19 11:04am

Yep. Greed is rampant.

2/23/19 11:09am

Greed is rampant in any human society

TNT

2/23/19 3:23pm

We care less about individual productivity and more about being entertained

BlackBart

2/23/19 11:09am

These are symptoms of our “independent, here-for-me”

conetah

2/23/19 11:11am

Our country has always had a strong spirit of

UNLVcougar

2/23/19 11:25am

Good point.

conetah

2/23/19 1:33pm

spot on "calamities foretold"

rotorhead

2/23/19 5:26pm

Because until the foundation is fixed,

UNLVcougar

2/23/19 11:13am

So these other countries are doing a better job of that than we are?

2/24/19 9:34pm

I’m pretty sure they are roundly criticized for secularism

coolcats

2/25/19 7:38am

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