My "friend" Joe

  • micnd90 [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    Why only one person? Why make it so personal?

    A 2009 study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School found 45,000 Americans die every year as a direct result of not having any health insurance coverage.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/24/us-healthcare-republican-bill-no-coverage-death

    A new study from academic researchers found that 66.5 percent of all bankruptcies were tied to medical issues —either because of high costs for care or time out of work. An estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of medical issues and bills, the research found.

    https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304901?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a5697b7e-8ffc-4373-b9d2-3eb745d9debb&=&

    Thanks Bernie, must be nice for your fren Joe to be in the white house

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      It's personal in that it's a human example of direct confrontation on the issue. We can hit him with statistics but that's a moment of truth.

    • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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      A 2009 study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School found 45,000 Americans die every year as a direct result of not having any health insurance coverage.

      Gommunism 100 gozillion dead