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Brian Thompson, Not Luigi Mangione, Is the Real Working-Class Hero (archive.ph)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I nominate this NYT opinion piece for shittiest take of 2024!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think if you sat people down and showed them how much they pay for health insurance, showed what they got out of their medical insurance, and the actual cost of those procedures, that very few people would rate it highly.

For a system like capitalism that prides itself on market forces, no one has a clue about how and why insurance operates the way it does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, pointedly, the question was not: "Does your current health insurance provide good value?"

I'm betting a hell of a lot less than 81% of people would rate value as "excellent" or "good".