Welcome to America: Where Health is Wealth...If You’re Wealthy Enough

 

Welcome to America: Where Health is Wealth...If You’re Wealthy Enough


Have you ever heard the saying, "The best things in life are free"? How quaint. For those of us not bathing in golden bathtubs or dining on truffle-dusted gold flakes, the saying might as well be rewritten to, "Nothing in life is free, especially healthcare."

Take a seat (if you can afford one) because this story starts with a Netflix binge gone rogue. I stumbled upon a show about a doctor working for the ultra-rich, navigating a world where money can buy miraculous recoveries, while the rest of us can barely afford a bandage. Fiction? Barely. In the last decade, co-pays have skyrocketed from a manageable $10 to a jaw-dropping $75. For someone earning $10 an hour (yes, that's a real wage in the land of the free), that’s two days of labor just to say hello to a doctor—and that's if they have insurance.

Let’s face it, folks: the healthcare system isn’t just broken—it’s a dystopian masterpiece. Insurance companies have mastered the art of exploitation, creating a labyrinth so complex that even their own staff operate like malfunctioning robots. But don’t worry, the robots are coming! Corporate America has decided that humans are too error-prone, so why not replace them with machines? Never mind the humanity of actual human beings—robots are "more efficient," which, in corporate speak, translates to, "better for the bottom line, worse for everyone else."

Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy have cracked the code: live like royalty and let the rest of the population fight over crumbs. Politicians? Bought. Judges? Compromised. Public? Screwed. Welcome to America, where healthcare is less about care and more about wealth distribution—upwards, of course.

But here’s the real kicker: we’re spending more money on this atrocious system than we would on universal healthcare. Yes, you heard that right. By cutting out the profit-hungry middlemen—aka insurance companies—and reallocating even half the resources currently wasted on bureaucracy, we could build a system that works. Imagine that: a healthcare system where people are treated like humans rather than walking dollar signs. Radical, isn’t it?

The choice before us is stark. Do we want an economy run by robots, where humans are just disposable assets? Or do we want an economy built by humans, for humans, with a healthcare system that reflects our values? The path we’re on leads to a soulless, robotic future where only the wealthy thrive. But there’s still time to rewrite the script.

Because if we don’t, that Netflix show won’t just be a piece of entertainment. It’ll be a documentary.

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