Socialism for the elite but not for the masses?

  • baronvonj@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    During the first year of Obama’s first term, with the push for the ACA, conservative pundit Bill Kristol got trapped by Jon Stewart into admitting the US government can run a first class health care program, but only for the soldiers because the rest of the public doesn’t deserve it.

    https://youtu.be/rRSZiWwiBuE

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      First class? HAH!

      Granted, my anecdote is more than 20 years old, but a simple blood test almost put me out because the intern taking my blood had to try 5 times, in two veins, just to get the few ml she needed, after exploding the first vein

      • baronvonj@piefed.social
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        3 months ago

        That can happen in privately run care, too. The point was more that a then-leading conservative admitted he doesn’t actually believe that socialized health care can be of good quality, but the common people just don’t deserve to have access to it.