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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by throwforfeds on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @04:00PM (#45738304)
> Though why do you Americans put up with all this? I have heard the US is a democracy. So then insurance-based healthcare is what American people truly want?

It's because our politicians are largely owned by our corporations and spend a ridiculous amount of money protecting their interests [1]. We almost had a public option with the original "Obamacare", but it was forced out of the bill [2].

Also, just turn on Fox News for an evening and realize it's been the number one news channel in the US for 20-something years. They've been a right wing corporate propaganda machine for a long time, all while brilliantly portraying themselves as the "underdog" fighting the mainstream media. Americans aren't very educated and take pride in their ignorance, unfortunately. [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgcqB8-AxE

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @04:02PM (#45738327)
FoxNews has only been the number one TV news channel for the last 20 something years because almost everyone under 40 doesn't watch TV anymore. Yes, there are a lot of conservatives in the US, but the demographics is really skewed if you just look at people who watch TV and have cable.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by throwforfeds on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:49PM (#45741279)
Yes, but older people vote and young people don't. I haven't owned a TV my entire adult life (in my 40s now), so I agree with you, but it's hard to imagine Trump and the current Republican party without Fox News.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by DaSHacka on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @09:10AM (#45746385)
> it's hard to imagine Trump and the current Republican party without Fox News.

Not Twitter and the Internet? As a non-boomer that's been the majority of the activity I've seen from people around my age.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:26PM (#45749112)
Ya, I wonder how younger Trumpers are organizing, surely not FoxNews. Twitter/X, those weird social networks popping up...they seem to be really really active in trolling facebook.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by DaSHacka on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:52AM (#45757425)
Yeah that's pretty much it, and telegram/discord groups.
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