Marcy is both right and missing something.Marcy is lucky she has no illnesses.  Sick people didn’t choose to be sick, by and large.  Some do by smoking or drinking.  But most people don’t know if they’ll get that rare cancer or MS.  So we all pool our money so that we take care of each other since we are all at risk.  It’s called a community.However, I did the math and if we spent per capita on healthcare the same $$ as France, which has the #1 care in the world (we are what, #37?), we would save $1.8 trillion per year.  That’s 3 more fully funded US militaries.  Cue the endless calls to cut the military first.So Marcy is right, our system is broken by greed and profiteering.

Marcy is both right and missing something.Marcy is lucky she has no illnesses.  Sick people didn’t choose to be sick, by and large.  Some do by smoking or drinking.  But most people don’t know if they’ll get that rare cancer or MS.  So we all pool our money so that we take care of each other since we are all at risk.  It’s called a community.However, I did the math and if we spent per capita on healthcare the same $$ as France, which has the #1 care in the world (we are what, #37?), we would save $1.8 trillion per year.  That’s 3 more fully funded US militaries.  Cue the endless calls to cut the military first.So Marcy is right, our system is broken by greed and profiteering.

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