return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square250fedilinkarrow-up1969arrow-down112cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1957arrow-down1external-linkA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square250fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareVanon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoIn my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
minus-squarethe post of tom joad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoYou are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive. He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service. Makes you think, huh?
In my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
You are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive.
He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service.
Makes you think, huh?
Fuck Joe Lieberman