I think I can probably get MAID (Medical Assist In DYING) cheaper than I can get the health care I need.

It's been 1984 here for quite a while now and I'm getting tired..

@mhanson101

a trillion times, as long as they buy enough congresscritters to prevent any reform

Holy. Shit.

I guess the one positive is that doctors like her exist. Though, if this is the price she has to pay, I don't see that many of them standing up for their patients in the future.

So when United Health's CEO was assassinated, the lesson they learned was not "let's be less shitty and actually help people," but "Let's continue to be shitty but hide our identities."

It's time to burn the whole fucking thing down to the ground and start over.

@nazokiyoubinbou @Oldfartrant @skyfire747

what's wrong with you. you should enjoy scraping by for rent and worship billionaires, as god intended! (/s)

@Oldfartrant @skyfire747

i agree with you

there is an economic reckoning coming for the usa

@stevewfolds Is this Trump “lowering” the cost of medicine 1500%!!

SO, MUCH. WINNING. #MAGA

Billionaires are funding the destruction of American health care.

Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein
exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/14/go…

Voters didn't suddenly wake up one day & volunteer to die.

It's the Heritage Foundation that wants to remake health care into a revenue source for the 1%
cnbc.com/2021/03/09/koch-netwo…

thenation.com/article/archive/…

Nationalized healthcare is better. It makes businesses more competitive moving healthcare to the public sector.

thenation.com/article/archive/…

sarcasm doesnt communicate in text. you have to use the sarcasm indicator (/s)

we don't know you. and trolls and stupid maga people are real. for all we know you're being sincere. there's no indicator or way for us to know you're joking. it's your responsibility to communicate that, not our job to be mystified by your intentions and make assumptions

@zannesan Cos I'm not American, I can't work out what your post means.

I'm guessing Blue Cross Blue Shield is an insurance company. Does clawing back means you had to pay an additional $900? And are you saying you pay $2,000 a month for your cover?

That's mad.

@benroyce

@Ambulocetus @zannesan

it's sustainable:

you're poor, just fucking die already

(i joke, but that's the plutocrats seriously)

no

europeans are not possessing of magical powers to divine someone's intentions in a straight text post

what you're writing here is bullshit, i'm sorry

the point is morons and trolls are real. who's to know?

unless you know the person, there is zero way for you to divine sarcasm over sincerity in a post without any inflections or facial expressions

this is just a pure communication issue

@nazokiyoubinbou @MrInappropriate @Oldfartrant @skyfire747

study.com/learn/lesson/jim-jon…

@zannesan But why did they claw it back? Were they saying that your policy doesn't cover the physical? $900 sounds like A LOT for a physical, but putting that aside, what did they expect you to do - stop the doctors from doing their jobs?

It's a mad system.

@benroyce

@nazokiyoubinbou @theolodian @MrInappropriate @Oldfartrant @skyfire747

i think we have a culture clash here

what i'm understanding is the british are heavy users of sarcasm, so that's their first go to in reading a comment

and us americans require a clear indication of sarcasm, which the british are assuming is some sort of handicap

while i don't like to make cultural judgments, i'm coming down on the side of americans here:

do they not have trolls and morons in the uk?

how can one know?

we are, here in america, indeed, living in a suicide cult

some of us are not willing participants in it though, it's forced on us

we encounter morons and trolls on a regular basis who speak as you speak, but sincerely. i have no idea who you are. i didn't know where you are from

an honest question for you:

are there no morons and trolls in the uk?

how do you know via a text only post who you're dealing with?

@nazokiyoubinbou @MrInappropriate @Oldfartrant @skyfire747 I treat everyone the same, I make no judgements.

Yes, the UK has turned racism, privilege and parochialism into an art form. The real morons are the politicians though, all of them.

so let's say you're dealing with a british topic online and you see this in response to a politically charged post:

"just like a poor person"

you assume sarcasm, i assume

but how can you be sure? how do you know you're not dealing with an idiot?

i'm going to make a prediction

you will not like it:

online social media, in text form at least, is going to kill the longstanding british tradition of heavy sarcasm

@nazokiyoubinbou @MrInappropriate @Oldfartrant @skyfire747 I’d be the first one saying it. 😉

I never claimed to be popular. 🙄

@zannesan The whole system is a mess.

Our system over here isn't perfect, but it sounds like you need an advanced degree to work your way through your system over there.

@benroyce

as long as us americans keep getting quality syndicated british television which is always full of heavy british sarcasm

it is delighful from the american point of view

i can't say "well met" but i gave you a follow

please reply to me one day or another in heavy sarcasm, unindicated

i will be amused only, i promise

i got your number now! 😆

see now i'm reading that as sarcasm, that you're telling me you'll obsequiously concede and conform

😆

by the way:

(/s)

@skyfire747 @theolodian @nazokiyoubinbou @MrInappropriate @Oldfartrant

oi, don't be a c*nt

australia: hey, don't be so daft
usa: what the fuck did you say to me you motherfucker?

😆