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That's because the American health care system is by and large run as a for-profit enterprise, and that kind of thing as we well know always eventually devolves into a race to the bottom to maximize profits at the expense of everything else until it collapses.
But in this case, "at the expense of everything else" is not churning out lousy hamburgers or making gaming keyboards that break 2 days out of warranty. Rather, people don't receive competent health care, don't receive care soon enough, or just don't receive care at all and in some cases die. All for a buck.
I know that's not necessarily the correlation the article is trying to make with its survey, but I'll bet you a nickel it's the majority of the root cause of the outcome in any case.
I just had employee share in our slack how her kid is turning 18 and wasn't sure if the child was still covered. The kid has some disorder and work insurance pays for the meds. HR shared that fortunately, insurance covers kids until 26.
But all my brain did was go "Until she gets fired or laid off or something."
Democrats passed Affordable Care Act/Obamacare which changed the dependent coverage to 26.
Most democratic controlled states also opened state healthcare exchanges so you can get healthcare if your employer doesn't offer it.
Democrats also expanded Medicaid and made it available in all states, the Republican ones spurned the chance to offer healthcare to their poor.ost democratic controlled states offer free healthcare to those in economic need, including if you're laid off.
While we still need single payer healthcare for everyone, not just Medicare, the ACA made a big difference for many.
Sir, this is America, a nickel is far out of my gambling budget.