{"id":2548,"date":"2021-08-11T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2021-08-10T23:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:46:25","slug":"health-insurance-a-fuckin-grift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/2021\/08\/11\/health-insurance-a-fuckin-grift\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Insurance: A Fuckin’ Grift"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Ranks DEAD LAST In Healthcare Study<\/a><\/p>\n

Last, among the 11 richest Western ‘democracies’. <\/p>\n

Last, in the same study, since 2004. <\/p>\n

Last, in the infant mortality rate.<\/p>\n

Last, in life expectancy. <\/p>\n

First, (wait, what? We’re #1!) in how much we spend, coming in at 17% of US gross domestic product. <\/p>\n

How are you going to pay<\/em>, for universal health care? You already are<\/strong>, you poor sap. Through the nose. It’s just that the money isn’t buying you health care. It’s buying “insurance”, buying the private, for-profit insurance mafia one hell of a return to shareholders and other fat cats and leeches. <\/p>\n

“Half of lower-income U.S. adults in the report said costs prevented them from receiving care while just more than a quarter of high-income Americans said the same.” (per The Hill<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The full report from the Commonwealth Fund is here:<\/p>\n

Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly<\/a>
\nHealth Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High-Income Countries<\/p>\n

On the way to viewing this story, I saw an unrelated headline. Some Republicrat was whining about how “Wokeism” was killing us and giving China an accelerated edge in the superpower race over the next few decades. Which they’re absolutely going to win, for all the good it will do them …<\/p>\n

It’s not because of wokeism. It’s not because they’re comin’ for your guns. It’s not because of the trans kids or the Urbans or the Mexicans or the Jews.<\/p>\n

It’s because of the profit motive, capitalism, imperialism, and the inevitable mass personal corruption they breed.<\/p>\n

It’s your boss that’s killing you, and the nice lady over in HR. <\/p>\n

It’s your bosses’ boss and so on up the chain. It’s Bezos Christ and everyone politician he owns jointly or outright. It’s your grand-niece the mountain-climbing pharmaceutical rep, and your grandfather’s robust stock portfolio. <\/p>\n

Keep on rockin’ in the free world<\/a>, ya’ll. I’ll pray that you don’t have to sleep in your shoes tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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