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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-02-05

"I encourage everyone henceforth, when referring to the American system, to begin unwaveringly and without exception replacing 'healthcare' with 'death profiteering' in both written and spoken language." -- Matt Wallace (@MattFnWallace0, 2018-01-08

[I take this to be about health insurance, the US healthcare not-really-a-system, and the politics around that; not so much the doctors, nurses, PAs, EMTs, etc. doing the actual medical side of things. That shouldn't need to be clarified, but a lot of folks are on hair triggers for reacting to what they expect someone to have said instead of looking closer, and mining for gotchas.]

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posted by [personal profile] callibr8 at 04:55pm on 2018-02-05
Mr. Wallace makes a good point, and I'm happy to help propagate the more accurate labelling.
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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 09:45pm on 2018-02-05
I take this to be about health insurance, the US healthcare not-really-a-system, and the politics around that; not so much the doctors, nurses, PAs, EMTs, etc. doing the actual medical side of things.

While I am usually first in line to kick health insurance companies, there is a huge trend towards blaming medical caregivers for the financial problems of healthcare, so the ETA of this being applied – possibly nigh exclusively – to doctors and other caregivers is measured in seconds.

See also, "Death Panels".

So, no, not in favor.
Edited Date: 2018-02-05 09:45 pm (UTC)
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