A Cybertruck ‘blew up’ outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Per se is doing a lot of work there. Sure, if the rich person and the poor person chose the same insurance company and the company doesn't deny coverage to the poor person (it doesn't matter for the rich one, since they can afford it) they could get the same coverage if they have equal quality hospitals nearby and the rich person is happy to be treated by their nearest in network hospital

But poor areas have worse hospitals

And when the rich one is president of the united states that one also has a staff medical team, and access to military medical units, and a plane and helicopter on hand to move him

Just regular rich have access to faster transport to better hospitals than the 99% can have

But yeah, on paper, ignoring effects from socio economic status and where the 99% live versus where the 1% live, versus where the .001% live it's all equal

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    Per se is doing a lot of work there. Sure, if the rich person and the poor person chose the same insurance company and the company doesn’t deny coverage to the poor person (it doesn’t matter for the rich one, since they can afford it) they could get the same coverage if they have equal quality hospitals nearby and the rich person is happy to be treated by their nearest in network hospital

    Thank you - that is my point and only my point. There is not "special medicine" that presidents get like all of Lemmy seems to believe.

    The rest of your post is my third sentence...

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