Over 17% of our GDP goes to healthcare. Around 4.5 trillion dollars a year last I saw.

$4,500,000,000,000. And the people pay out of pocket still for most everything they need.

For reference, we pay more money than any other country besides China makes in an entire year.

There have been over 70 attempts by Republicans to repeal the American Care Act, and every fiscal budget they propose includes cutting it. Do I wish they would be dedicating more time to helping the population understand how it could work and how it would help, yes. But after the first 50 votes… I think the Democrats gave up on the idea of proposing any expansions of the ACA to encompass more of what it was originally meant to be, and tried to focus on work arounds so they could pick away at little things that may actually get approved.

If you can’t convince the population of Florida that sea life, oranges, tomatoes, or any crops at all are important to them while they vote to increase drilling… You clearly aren’t getting them to listen. Every “pro life” vote for Trump was promoting the death of many of the kids offsprings.

We need someone to be more proactively bringing the fight directly at them, but it’s likely over now. Not much hope for change anymore

Note: “talk about it” is included in all of those votes which clearly blocked any ability to repeal it. So at least 70 times now the democrats have succeeded in protecting what little they made, and it isn’t enough

To pass a bill it has to go through both houses. If you don’t have a majority, you can’t get it through. Also there was more than 1 drug, just most of the public only cared about Insulin.

Here are a few more that Trump will take credit for https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/heres-a-list-of-drugs-affected-by-bidens-latest-medicare-price-cuts

It’s because they don’t understand how the system works. Most people I know who are against it always go straight to “how could we pay for it”. Not understanding that countries that do it work directly with the manufacturers of the medicine and hospitals so they get much better rates. 2022 showed 6500 per person for full coverage in Canada. 12,500 per person in the U.S… with no coverage for the most part.

We know some Republican candidates know this as well, which is why Desantis promised lower health care costs in Florida by cutting a deal with Canada to import their lower cost drugs by trying to skirt buying them from the companies the are giving tax breaks to and not addressing.

Years later… No drugs have been shipped from Canada and no deals were settled because Canada doesn’t want to ship their drugs to Florida and have shortages.

Much like an insurance company can say, I’m only going to pay $150 for that MRI instead of the $1,600 quoted, the government can do the same, and instead of lining the pockets of middlemen, it comes back as savings to the people. In general I believe I saw if we implemented a plan like Canadas, the average American would save 20% on their income taxes, and have full coverage. Meaning no longer having co-pays, deductibles, out of network doctors, etc. etc.

To me it just says, if you want further specialists outside of the ones provided, you can pay for them just like you do now. And the government could pitch in only the cost that they would pay towards a standard patient procedure.

I would as well, but you can safely send your money here and I’ll gladly watch over it. Just place it here: 📥

The pictures they released previously had 2 to 3 different jackets, and 2 different backpacks, yet somehow he ditched all of that and not the incriminating stuff? Seems strange

Someone above said they pulled a GoFundMe page for him. Haven’t looked into it

I would assume bankruptcy if you couldnt pay it off.

If someone steals a TV from Walmart they don’t get to keep the TV and pay $100 dollars in fines. It would make sense they have to pay 100% of the TV if it isn’t confiscated back, and then “damages” on top of it.

That’s the idea I got from reading what they said

Well clearly someone who lost their job and steals toilet paper gets life in prison, as it is $8/0. Kidding, but yeah, I guess average annual income means if you are poorer, you get punished more for stealing the same object. Not sure that’s a good idea

I still don’t think the smiling picture is him. Unless he ditched the backpack and jacket, got different ones and then ditched the backpack again.

I’m going to imagine you mean when you show up to consultations. Although I suppose I don’t know what kind of conventions you meant. 🤔

I just wish we had productive ruckuses that wouldn’t just be put down using our taxes.

They don’t care what the content or format is, just who owns it, and where the data is flowing. They want the data flowing into the U.S. and sold out. Rather than into China and sold out. That’s all it is.

It’s really all about the shape of your tape. If you use jagged circles you can get your nails under the ends easier, which may help you grip the strip and rip what makes you not need to shave thereafter. 🤷

I’m not sure why my wife left me. She said something about not touching her at all for 9 months during her pregnancy… I don’t get it?

Tape before you gape

Men who fuck their wife until they’re pregnant, straight. Men who fuck their wife the next day. Gay. Durr

Edit: come to think of it… he did just call every member of the supreme court gay if they have sex… And that’s just not right to insult gay people like that

Mother fucker coming in here with truths and shit.

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Well the election laws primarily come from the election clause of the constitution. So that couldn’t be changed without an amendment requiring a super majority, which neither party will get. What I assume he is trying to do though, is while having state leaders being majority Republican, have the states update their election laws, because that’s who controls the elections. (Unless the supreme Court blocks it, as we saw with Colorado). Also held by the Republicans.

I assume his attempts are to lock all the states currently red, red. Is it possible, doubtful. As states also may require super majoritys to update their election processes, but that may vary drastically by state. Shit one state was discussing getting rid of popular vote all together and just allowing their representatives to vote leading up to the election.

The country we knew as the U.S. is broken. Only threads to hold it together now