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Mare Pan @paarsec.com · 05/01/2025

It only sounds absurd because we aren't used to it. The same *needs* to happen to healthcare

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com

My house caught fire. I called the Fire Dept but they refused b/c I don't have fire insurance Sounds absurd right? Meanwhile since Mangione allegedly killed the UnitedHealth CEO, ~6000 people have died due to denied care from insurance corps. Why do we allow it? www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-h...

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America's HELL Corporations

It is long past time we grapple with the violence imposed on Americans from our exploitative for-profit health exploitation system

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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

But the imperatives of capitalism will lead us to personal fire insurance policies before it leads us to universal health care.

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rst.bsky.social @rst.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Per comments below, this actually *does* happen today in rural areas with volunteer fire departments funded by subscriptions, and not by taxes. (A couple of years later, this particular department changed their rules -- there's now a $3500 fee for service to non-subscribers. But there are others...)

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Owner Didn't Pay Fee, So Firefighters Let Home Burn

Obion County, Tenn., is not a place that often generates national news. But the rural community has been thrust into the spotlight after firefighters refused to extinguish a house fire because the own...

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