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Jimi du Ranty

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9. Americans eat like they have healthcare

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:48 PM

Dec 2024

For many years I have commuted past large insurance companies' buildings with acres of parked cars and thought:

In the spirit of efficiency, shouldn't our goal be to shut down insurance companies?
Wouldn't we save so much money, that we could then afford a universal health care system?

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