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Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca... by TomVDB on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:16PM (#22436008)
> If true, that’s insane - why does the government only take cares of $1700 and not something like $3000?)

Because a government that does healthcare is socialism that that's considered inherently evil by many.

And you're right: the healthcare system is absolutely insane.

If you can afford it (like I do), it's obviously world class in its medical abilities, but it's a disaster in terms of administrative overhead and its inability to serve the general population.

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Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca... by jacquesm on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:47PM (#22436366)
The funny thing is that a government doing healthcare is not socialism at all. It's just good stewardship over something that is too much of a temptation for the capitalists to handle properly because 'life is priceless'.
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Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca... by dTal on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:48AM (#22441448)
>not socialism at all. It's just good stewardship over something that is too much of a temptation for the capitalists to handle properly

That's what socialism is.

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