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[quote=Anonymous][quote]For all of you "strongley considering" leaving the US due to healthcare, "democracy dying," etc. please go. Renounce your citzenship and make room for people who want to be here. People are literally dying as they trek thousands of miles to the southern border because they are so desparate to live in the US. Is the US perfect? Absolutely not but it's pretty great comparatively! Your incessant whining and empty threats of leaving is offensive and tone deaf to people who have actual real problems like starvation, being sex trafficed, etc.[/quote]

Here's the thing. it is not an either/or. Either you live in the US and have horrible health care OR you live in a failed state like Mexico. Given how immensely wealthy this country it, it is absolutely possible and feasible that we can and should have a better healthcare system, which does not simply benefit most of us as individuals but benefits us as a society.  This is, for me, like gun control and abortion (and education too, but that's a whole nother issue).  These are things THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY supports, yet our rights in this area are being chipped away through a biased supreme court, a corrupt political party, gerrymandering, and corporate interests. Instead of just saying 'Ya dont like the US, then leave" how about changing what ISNT WORKING to actually become a better country?

There are a few fatal flaws in our system. 1) Healthcare is tied to employment. This does not work. Healthcare should be nationalized, with the option of buying additional coverage. Kind of like...medicare.  2) healthcare should be non profit: the fact that insurance companies and executives make the profits they make while denying coverage, etc, is insane. The waste, fraud, and excess in how insurance bilks us is unbelievable. Fixing #1 will go a long way toward fixing #2.

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