16 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Whether Trump or Vance is in office, your fraud checks will be eliminated.

 

Good job DOGE!

 They'll have to remove themselves from office if they are truly fighting fraud.

15 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

I think that's a 2 sided problem. Yes, a lot goes into health insurance. But why is it so expensive? Because US healthcare is over the top expensive. So if Trump did what he promised (cut the cost of medication and healthcare), then it would make sense to lower the funding of Medicaid, as less could still cover all the expenses associated with it. So as a big picture - it somewhat makes sense. But the bits and pieces of it, especially how they are communicated... not so much. Actually, his tariffs and sticking nose into what he doesn't understand is making costs even higher.

 

The big picture is overall not bad. And even CNN posted something that mostly confirmed what Kennedy said was not far off on research. It is indeed interesting, but personally, I don't think much will happen in this direction because... well... people are addicted to junk.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/31/health/maha-toxic-nation-rfk-jr-wellness

Medical insurance is expensive in America because of the eye-watering payouts to patients who are successful in malpractice claims. The doctors have to have costly professional indemnity insurance, which then gets passed on to their patients.

 

In the period 2013 - 2023, medical malpractice payouts in the US totaled $34 billion. Lawyers took 33%, they have a vested interest in maximizing payouts.

 

One solution is obvious. As Shakespeare said, first kill all the lawyers.

 

 

On 6/2/2025 at 8:00 PM, ThreeCardMonte said:

“I am a far-left-wing liberal”

 

Currently, there is no cure.

I certainly hope not. I'd hate to go back to being an un-woke capitalist.