Someone recently suggested megathread posters should also put more of their stuff in actual posts. I agree with that for some of the meatier things, so here’s one I put in mega. I’ll duplicate my comment below too.

  • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    13 hours ago

    Before health insurance denials, people were getting so much medical care that they just didn’t need. It was an atrocity. You don’t want your parents and grandparents to be getting medical care, trust me. It isn’t necessary.

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      6 hours ago

      Imagine they get all the procedures their “doctor” says they “need”. All of a sudden you have them around for, what, ten? Maybe fifteen more years? That’s just a bummer for everyone involved