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Americans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nodsocket@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if spending more per capita means "socialize" healthcare. Isn't the problem with US healthcare is that "accessing healthcare at any time without the worry of financial burden" is not currently true for everyone?

[–] Usul_00_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think your definition is a fine one. I think the Nuance I was trying to make and perhaps did poorly was that the US already pays a huge amount for healthcare but we pay it to companies to do research that they then use to make profit worldwide. Not to provide services for everyone. It's a matter of priority