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by euroderf 486 days ago
This, Kennedy, attacks on Obamacare: the 1% culling the herd ? Certainly the monied class will in any scenario retain access to decent, science-based health care.
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The function of “healthcare” in the US is to separate families from their generational wealth at end of life. The way the system is set up all a persons assets will be used up and depleted paying for required care Medicare does not cover (in home or assisted living). Only when a person is destitute with all their assets depleted will Medicaid kick in.

The result is a transfer of wealth from individuals to the for profit health care industry. Only the wealthy have enough assets to survive this process to leave something to their heirs.