There wouldn’t be a for-profit middleman taking billions out of the system for themselves yearly.

Critics point out that government-run healthcare would be less efficient and would also have to draw the line in approving/denying care somewhere too, but I can only imagine that it would pale in comparison to the insurance companies who have a profit-motive to screw you over.

Supporting this assumption is the fact that Americans already spend way more on healthcare than other countries, even those that already have universal:

So, basically we’re all overspending solely to make insurance companies rich.

The sad thing is they do hire some licensed healthcare professionals to fall back on when appealed. They just look for the least compassionate MDs to rubber stamp denials.

There should be a comma after experience.

Death panels?

Believe it or not, that’s also Frank.

There’s no such thing!

Don’t worry, I can go stupider.

A relief is a type of sculpture:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief

Pure evil

Totally agree

Yeah, let’s please stay here for a while.

I actually looked it up before making this post, because any time someone uses either version of the word, this comes up in the comments. Apparently both “sike” and “psych” are considered correct, although it seems like “sike” is more commonly used, so I went with that one.

A genuine self-report, lol

Nooo!

It is more of a girl’s name, traditionally.

While drawing diagrams that don’t actually help anything but keep your attention like a cat watching a laser-pointer?

I almost @'d them in the post.

Hey @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net, this post is dedicated to you

Ah yes, the scientific process.

Big brain move.

Although something tells me that this might be slightly harder on lemmy.

My inbox has been almost 100% forearms for 24 hours, and it’s still going.

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