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Seriously, how long do we have to wait for universal healthcare? Too many people are making too much money on our humanity.
In the US? It's never ever going to happen. Even if we had a 100% Democrat Congress it'd never make it through. It would do three things that would individually each be political suicide:
Sure, it would massively reduce costs both individually and overall, and it'd improve the overall health of the US, and it would likely be better for the economy, but I have given up any hope it'll ever happen. It's too entrenched. It would be like erasing the oil lobby or the military industrial complex.
If I was sick enough for this to matter, I would 100% give my employer ANFO Christmas presents.
What is ANFO?
Looking it up, this seems to be "ammonium nitrate/fuel oil," which is allegedly mainly used in mining. Not being familiar with the substance at all, this sounds like a veiled threat.