Capitalists think it's just dandy... - Democratic Underground

SHRED

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Mon Jul-06-09 07:46 PM
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Capitalists think it's just dandy...

...to make massive profits off our health by denying us treatment and charging us to the extreme for medications.
Why is something as critical to our society as health care part of a capitalist system anyway?
Shouldn't capitalism be reserved for TVs, cars, toasters, etc...?

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Wapsie B

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Mon Jul-06-09 07:51 PM
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1. I'm sure someone here knows the history of medicine and healthcare in this country

and can point to the time when the medical-industrial complex was formed.

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JNelson6563

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Mon Jul-06-09 08:22 PM
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5. Company paid healthcare started under FDR

During the war there was a cap on wages. Companies started offering health insurance to get around that cap. What started out as an added incentive has morphed into the monster we know today.

Julie

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miyazaki

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Mon Jul-06-09 07:52 PM
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2. their philosophy puts a price on everything n/t.

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Double T

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Mon Jul-06-09 08:19 PM
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3. american capitalism is absolute criminal greed.

Edited on Mon Jul-06-09 08:19 PM by Double T

Our supposed 'best and brightest' are employed by wall street to circumvent the laws and screw the living shit out of the masses on every front. Capitalism is pure corruption and greed; this is the essence of our criminally corrupt health care system. Our nation has become a greed mongering disgrace.

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Laelth

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Mon Jul-06-09 08:21 PM
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4. Hear, hear!

For-profit medicine is immoral.

:dem:

-Laelth

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