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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink4•1 year agoHealth insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
minus-squareMontaggelinkfedilink6•1 year agoThose jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Health insurance companies employ about 500,000 people directly, many of whom are live in blue cities or purple suburbs. Nobody who shuts down a major local industry gets re-elected, even if it hurts people.
Those jobs would still be needed in a functional health care system.
Not all of them. I don’t think most of them.