it costs anywhere from $0 to $25,000 annually to insure your family
you get TONS of mail after each and every visit and you learn how to ignore the first three "bills" that arrive until the "real" bill shows up of what you actually pay
yes you pay for things beyond the money you pay for healthcare in general
keeping your prescriptions current is now your half-time job
Republicans and Corporate Democrats for one, and the other is the media blocking all awareness of socialized medicine and how other OECD countries work. Plus the lack of things like ranked choice voting to make viable 3rd and 4th parties possible, and then there's the Senate and Electoral College...
@gamingonlinux Thanks! I probably would've caught this on my newsfeed or on Mastodon, but I saw it here first, so I responded here on Kbin. Love your work, by the way. I'm surprised at how many games I've bought because of their Linux support even though I'm too tired to dual boot nowadays. Used to game a lot on Linux Mint Cinnamon back in the day though.