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Re:Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024 by bombcar on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @11:48AM (#46290826)
To be precise "have no health insurance" and "have access to healthcare" are not two sides of the same coin.

Everyone in the USA has access to emergency care and stabilization, the practical results of which are that for emergencies, you get helped, payment is worked out later.

If you have no problem with having no intention of paying, the system absorbs the cost.

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Re:Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024 by IAmBroom on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:39PM (#46293341)
You pretend that medical-expense bankruptcy isn't a thing.
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Re:Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024 by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:51PM (#46293499)
> You pretend

No they don't, they just don't address it. Neither does your comment.

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