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[โ€“] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why healthcare is only healthcare when it's an emergency, and everything else is a luxury. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say.

There's also a lot of issues which won't land you in the hospital but will severely decrease your quality of life or limit your ability to work, which is a needless burden on people.

[โ€“] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Emergency healthcare is there ONLY to make sure you get back to work and paying taxes rather than dying. Non-emergency healthcare consumes taxes while you pay the same amount.