Attack on the Feds independence

[BigHornRam]

It's not sugar beet farmers, its corn syrup from corn producers that are the major problem.

Also, when wages suck major ass in the U.S. its pretty tough to tell someone to eat healthy when the cheapest food is also the most unhealthy.

I don't think you realize how much a large population of Americans are struggling and its not all their fault. It's easy to point fingers and tell them what they need to do when they aren't even making the base of Maslow's life needs.

Inflation always hits the poor the hardest. Both Trump and Biden dumped an unprecedented amount of cash into the system, while Powell left the reserve rate at 0 for way longer than he should have, Yellen kept babbling on about inflation being transitory. Neither are competent, and Powell should have been shit canned along time ago.

 

[BuzzH]

Inflation always hits the poor the hardest. Both Trump and Biden dumped an unprecedented amount of cash into the system, while Powell left the reserve rate at 0 for way longer than he should have, Yellen kept babbling on about inflation being transitory. Neither are competent, and Powell should have been shit canned along time ago.

That really means a lot to a struggling American Family. I'm sure they'll take that into consideration in aisle 10 of walmart with their $150 a month budget for groceries. Maybe even think twice while cutting that 2k/month rent check on a 2 bedroom apartment.

In my humble opinion, what hits the poor hardest, is being poor and nobody offering up any reasonable solutions to address it.

The one question I've never quite understood either, is how the wealthiest country in the world even has to have a discussion about the poor, working poor, affordable healthcare, funding social security etc.?

 

[BigHornRam]

That really means a lot to a struggling American Family. I'm sure they'll take that into consideration in aisle 10 of walmart with their $150 a month budget for groceries. Maybe even think twice while cutting that 2k/month rent check on a 2 bedroom apartment.

In my humble opinion, what hits the poor hardest, is being poor and nobody offering up any reasonable solutions to address it.

The one question I've never quite understood either, is how the wealthiest country in the world even has to have a discussion about the poor, working poor, affordable healthcare, funding social security etc.?

I'm just telling you how we got here, so maybe we don't do it again. Being charitable starts with the guy in the mirror. That's a reasonable solution. Don't have money to donate? Donate time or blood, ect. Real shortage of blood right now, you could save a life, and help the medical industry by doing it.

 

[BuzzH]

I'm just telling you how we got here, so maybe we don't do it again. Being charitable starts with the guy in the mirror. That's a reasonable solution. Don't have money to donate? Donate time or blood, ect. Real shortage of blood right now, you could save a life, and help the medical industry by doing it.

Again, in my opinion, you've done a very good job of over simplifying the problem and reasons why we got here. It sure as chit isn't inflation. Donating blood and philanthropy sounds nice, but far from solving the issues.

I give you a solid D- in your analysis of the problem and the solutions.

 

[Bonasababy]

It's to cover Prescription and Eye coverage. Though most of our pharmaceuticals are pretty cheap here. Our travel health insurance stats are also lumped in their.

Not surecifvut still happens, but we used to send busloads of people into Canada to buy drugs...which were MUCH cheaper there.

 

[BuzzH]

Not surecifvut still happens, but we used to send busloads of people into Canada to buy drugs...which were MUCH cheaper there.

I have a friend that lives in North Dakota that spent a medical vacation in Canada getting lasik eye surgery done cheaper for BOTH him and his wife than the price of one in the U.S.

But, yeah, we're number 1.

 

[Bonasababy]

Our system of Healthcare is so awesome that the U.S tops one category:

Medical bankruptcy.

#winning.

Future son in law ran into this due to a car accident that wasnt his fault. Hard and talented worker. My daughter ended up buying his place. A few years to go before anyone will give him a loan...despite the fact that he has had a good local government job for several years, just got promoted recently.

 

[BuzzH]

Future son in law ran into this due to a car accident that wasnt his fault. Hard and talented worker. My daughter ended up buying his place. A few years to go before anyone will give him a loan...despite the fact that he has had a good local government job for several years, just got promoted recently.

That's too bad. Really sucks.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/medical-bankruptcies-by-country

Another fun fact, about 62% of bankruptcies in the U.S. are because of medical expenses. Yet, most people will blame poor choices, living beyond their means, etc. Of course will also claim how great our healthcare system is, which I have a strong tendency to disagree with.

Medical Bills Cause What Percentage of Bankruptcies in US

Learn the alarming truth: what percentage of bankruptcies are caused by medical bills in the US, and how it's affecting Americans' financial stability.

www.cgaa.org

 

[RG300]

To be fair, my brother has been waiting 5 months to see a hematologist. My dad post quadruple-bypass routinely waits 4 months to see his cardiologist. My grandparents are often 3-4 months wait to see their GP. Surgical appointments for folks I know are sometimes 5-6 months out. It’s not like people in the US have care on demand exactly either.

I’m always curious about these tax comparisons, because its difficult to make a straight comparison. I don’t think you can just compare tax rates- you have to factor in the total costs of equivalent services. I have pretty decent health insurance through my employer, and a single plan, and I pay 6% of my income just in premiums, before any of the myriad out of pocket costs if I need to see someone. That should at least get factored in to any comparisons of tax rates. Most people pay much more than I do.

I’m always a little surprised how many Americans are supremely confident in the “knowledge” that things in America are so great, and so much better than everywhere else in the world. Sure, we’ve got it infinitely better than some countries. But if you go visit enough other places and talk to the people, and listen to how they live, and see how utterly shocked they are about some of the things we just accept as “normal”, you start to consider it’s possible we’ve been misled.

There is vast improvement to be made in the American Health Care system for sure.....
Imagine what it could be like if the Fraud/Abuse , Big Pharma & total Mis management were properly delt with.
We have a lot of house cleaning to do.....
I just do not like the idea of ANY Govt. in charge of my medical decisions..... Its bad enough here in America, Covid taught us
the lengths that the govt north of the border will go to , to get compliance......screw that!!!

 

[Rainer]

Yesterday I had to pick up my nephews epipen and my fathers 30 day supply of these quick insulin pen things. Cost me $237.14, system seems to work fine here

 

[BigHornRam]

Again, in my opinion, you've done a very good job of over simplifying the problem and reasons why we got here. It sure as chit isn't inflation. Donating blood and philanthropy sounds nice, but far from solving the issues.

I give you a solid D- in your analysis of the problem and the solutions.

Well, good luck with implementing your solutions, then.

 

[Bonasababy]

Healthcare or health insurance?

I think most of the problems in our system is driven by how healthcare is paid for and who has so much influence over it.

I think that’s what makes our system so hard to fix, with a quasi capitalist system that’s not working that well. But the only proposed solution is one that has proven itself too at least in certain aspects, be worse. Putting less strain on the system is probably the biggest thing we could do, but with 2/3 of the country overweight and plagued with chronic disease, and the largest generation in our country entering their 70s, that probably won’t happen anytime soon so we might as well keep looking for other ideas.


You can call 911 right now and experts in medical triage will rush to your house, and then rush you to a building full of other experts and save your life with the most advanced medical devices and technology in the world or they’ll put you on a helicopter full of life-saving technology and devices and land on the roof of a building that contains a specialist in the exact problem that you’re having.
That’s some pretty good healthcare.

It’s the billing end and how to pay for it that is so messed up it’ll leave you wishing they never came.

The reality in rural places here...my brother is on a small hospitals board...emergency services are hurting badly for funding and cutting services. The rural hospitals are scared they will go under...Republicans cut funding for immigrant health care and Trump is cutting Medicaid payments...

Rural hospitals have to provide care, a larger proportion of patients are on Medicaid than in urban areas...many of them are wondering if they can survive.

 

[406dn]

If we actually had a healthy society, which is obtainable, we could pay for healthcare without bankrupting the country.

This is as attainable as making everyone rich.

It will never happen that any society will have the overwhelming majority of their population on a health kick.

My former employer provides retiree health insurance. Part of that is free gym memberships. They advocate for healthy lifestyle choices. A small percentage use the free gym membership benefit. It has been the most used part of my health insurance coverage, to date. I hope it remains so, but disease can strike anyone.

 

[MTGomer]

This is as attainable as making everyone rich.

It will never happen that any society will have the overwhelming majority of their population on a health kick.

My former employer provides retiree health insurance. Part of that is free gym memberships. They advocate for healthy lifestyle choices. A small percentage use the free gym membership benefit. It has been the most used part of my health insurance coverage, to date. I hope it remains so, but disease can strike anyone.

There are a lot of societies way healthier than ours. Most of the first world Asian ones IE: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc., and many in Europe as well. They also have completely different diets and food ingredients. Some ingredients in our foods are not even legal there.

I don’t think it should be viewed as a “health kick“. The things that keep people healthy shouldn’t be viewed as outside of the norm. Being active and eating well should be the standard. Not exercising and eating unhealthy should be seen as an “unhealthy kick”, not the standard.

When you responded to my comment, I was running. Not far and not fast by runner standards, but further and faster than most Americans can run.
I also drank two beers and had a brownie sundae last night, but how many people drank 6+ and didn’t go for a run today. A whole bunch.

Having a lot healthier society is obtainable. Not everyone, but there is certainly drastic room for improvement.

 

[TOGIE]

Having a lot healthier society is obtainable. Not everyone, but there is certainly drastic room for improvement.

rare area where this administration is somewhat on track IMO

 

[Straight Arrow]

rare area where this administration is somewhat on track IMO

Only reflected by a disingenuos slogan, but denied by opposing vaccinations for children.

 

[406dn]

There are a lot of societies way healthier than ours. Most of the first world Asian ones IE: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc., and many in Europe as well. They also have completely different diets and food ingredients. Some ingredients in our foods are not even legal there.

I don’t think it should be viewed as a “health kick“. The things that keep people healthy shouldn’t be viewed as outside of the norm. Being active and eating well should be the standard. Not exercising and eating unhealthy should be seen as an “unhealthy kick”, not the standard.

When you responded to my comment, I was running. Not far and not fast by runner standards, but further and faster than most Americans can run.
I also drank two beers and had a brownie sundae last night, but how many people drank 6+ and didn’t go for a run today. A whole bunch.

Having a lot healthier society is obtainable. Not everyone, but there is certainly drastic room for improvement.

Certainly, there is tremendous room for improvement.

Other countries' diet, lifestyle, and culture are their's not ours. We got to where we are over many decades. People are noticeably more obese than they were in my childhood. I suspect that no small part of it was there was more manual labor.

In today's world, you have to invent physical activity. No one counted steps a few generations ago. They got their steps earning their way thru the world.

If a person doesn't enjoy being physical, they will not go out of their way to be physical. I am grateful that I have always enjoyed it. It sounds like you do as well.

 

[Rainer]

I'm curious what the Pentagon is going to do. Will they violate their oaths to the constitution and invade Greenland. We know Congress won't vote for war with the EU. Which will lead to the EU, Canada and UK to dump the US debt they're holding. Crashing the financial system to a point we've never seen before or do they impeach. Starting the apprehension of these crazy officials?

 

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[MTGomer]

I'm curious what the Pentagon is going to do. Will they violate their oaths to the constitution and invade Greenland. We know Congress won't vote for war with the EU. Which will lead to the EU, Canada and UK to dump the US debt they're holding. Crashing the financial system to a point we've never seen before or do they impeach. Starting the apprehension of these crazy officials?

@Big Fin has been lobbying to take Greenland ever since his caribou kick set in