Re:Australia’s secret propaganda unit
by doctor_eval on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:01AM
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I would just add that public health care also adds legitimacy to government; a tangible reason for it to exist. Legitimacy is something that appears to be on the wane in the US.
The big "wtf" for me was learning that the US has, by far, the highest public healthcare expenditure of any country in the world.
Looking at this data, it seems like it pays almost 50% more than the next highest country (over 9k per capita, vs just under 6k).
Re:Australia’s secret propaganda unit
by dragonsky67 on Monday June 20, 2022 @07:00AM
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And some of the poorest health outcomes in the western world. How can you spend so much money, and still have people who can't afford basic care?
The world view is that public health care is actually a massive subsidy for corporations, who obviously benefit from a healthy (and educated) pool of workers.
That public health care is fought against in the US is more about the hideously large and inefficient health care juggernaut in the US that lobbies against the publics interest in their own favour. Forget the smokescreen that the US calls "socialism", the word has no effective meaning there other than an epithet.