@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 7 months agoA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up1987cross-posted to: leopardsatemyface@lemmit.onlineaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1987external-linkA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square265fedilinkcross-posted to: leopardsatemyface@lemmit.onlineaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareVanonlinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoIn my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
minus-squarethe post of tom joadlinkfedilink3•edit-27 months agoYou are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive. He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service. Makes you think, huh?
In my view it was similar to the recent Manchin / Sinema travesty. Zero Republican votes, plus some very cowardly or corrupt “centrist Democrats” that neuter or kill bill. A classic recipe for disappointment.
You are right. It was eerily similar. There was even a single scapegoat! His name was Ben Nelson, and he was a former insurance executive.
He joined politics for a few years, vsinglehandedly destroyed the public option, and then quit public service.
Makes you think, huh?
Fuck Joe Lieberman