You're moving the goalposts. There's tons we can do to improve US healthcare outcomes (we overspend compared to what we get [1]) by emulating what has succeeded in other countries. But that conversation and solution is different than "nobody has healthcare".
As to defense, I live here, as do the majority of the people I love and like. It's in my interest to have my country continue to exist as a sovereign nation with the ability to defend itself from foreign adversaries.
Oh, so some people have healthcare, but it costs multiple times more than it does other places, and we "only" lose a Vietnam War's worth of Americans a year due to medical insurance. My bad, that's okay then. /s
Every time I'm like "My fellow Americans are ghouls" somebody reminds me it's OK to lose 50,000 of them a year as long as we have a big military and can provide Israel with enough weapons for their genocide.
My understanding is that picked fruits and veg are still alive [1], and often respirating [2]. This is a big component in figuring out how to refrigerate them at the optimal temperatures and atmospheric makeup.
I'm sure they're talking about necessary healthcare - e.g., cancer drugs, insulin, dialysis, heart surgery, etc.
When giving the option of parting ways with some more money or dying, virtually no one is going to choose the latter.
Unfortunately, the US healthcare system is set up to extract maximum capital from people who interact with it. Worse: it's not alone. For example, the reason food in the US has so much sugar, salt, and fat in it is that the food industry has carefully engineered processed foods to be more addictive so people will buy more of it.
We live in one of the most exploitative societies in the world, and it's only getting worse over time.
"Fun" isn't the right word, but ~hypochondriacs will get unnecessary care if they perceive it to be free. This adds cost to the system without improving outcomes.
Yes, and there is also an enormous amount of low-value or unnecessary care delivered which also doesn't improve outcomes (or even makes them worse). Depending on which estimate you believe this might be a quarter of all healthcare spending.
I'd argue that my country is worth defending, despite its many flaws.
1. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-28...
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