• aedalla
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    2 years ago

    Doctors, nurses, and other Healthcare staff deserve to be compensated for their labor just like everyone else working in society.

    Shit like this is part of a longrunning psyop by Healthcare executives and insurance agencies in particular to attempt to draw attention away from the 90% of Healthcare costs that they’re skimming off the top to pay for their megayachts.

    This is the equivalent of saying Jeff Bezos or McDonald’s or whoever else paying their workers a fair wage is going to make it so no one can afford any of their goods or services.

    It’s a complete misdirection. Don’t blame your fellow workers.

    I highly recommend “Deadly Spin” by Wendell Potter. He used to be one of the lead marketing guys for a few different health insurance companies before his conscience caught up to him and he explains the topic very well. If you’re looking for something a little easier to consume I know both Adam Conover and Hasan Minhaj have covered this topic on their respective shows.

    • @AgreeableLandscapeOPM
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      22 years ago

      Honestly, yeah, good point. I can see why this would be offensive to healthcare practitioners. They still get paid with universal healthcare, and it’s not like they get paid more as a rule under privatised healthcare.

      • aedalla
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        12 years ago

        Correct, thank you.