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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by sir_bearington on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:05PM (#26654957)
"Healthcare for all" and "single payer healthcare" are two very different things. Most countries still have private health insurance companies, but the government subsidizes healthcare.

The main blocker of doing this in the US is that the focus tends to be on building a single payer state. ~80% of the population already has insurance through private companies, and they're mostly pleased with it.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by tclancy on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:56PM (#26655419)
What percentage represents “mostly” here? We’re solidly upper middle class and I can’t think of many people who are. The only time I was when I worked for a California startup and that was like magic compared to insurance in New Hampshire.
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