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3. Yup, insurance companies' administrative expenses add 30% to the cost of our healthcare.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 03:23 PM

Mar 12

That's why using American workers costs more for companies, and why American workers will never be competitive as long as we don't have a public option/Medicare for All that cuts out the insurance companies sucking us dry. But we'll be lucky if we still have any Medicare at all after Trump is done.

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Trump's Trade War: Why Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes U.S. Less Competitive [View all] Uncle Joe Mar 12 OP

Plants opening in Canada have for decades been saying it is our public healthcare applegrove Mar 12 #1

Yup, insurance companies' administrative expenses add 30% to the cost of our healthcare. SunSeeker Mar 12 #3

I think Americans are more informed on universal healthcare applegrove Mar 12 #4

Our system adds friction to most every interaction IbogaProject Mar 12 #2