Jia Tolentino
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It makes no sense for there to be a class of people making tens of billion dollars a year off of the backs of people who are struggling. And in this case, very, very directly. And in a case where the company is itself causing the struggling. or failing to address it in the way that they could. There is money out there to give everybody health care. We have the wealth in this country.
It makes no sense for there to be a class of people making tens of billion dollars a year off of the backs of people who are struggling. And in this case, very, very directly. And in a case where the company is itself causing the struggling. or failing to address it in the way that they could. There is money out there to give everybody health care. We have the wealth in this country.
It makes no sense for there to be a class of people making tens of billion dollars a year off of the backs of people who are struggling. And in this case, very, very directly. And in a case where the company is itself causing the struggling. or failing to address it in the way that they could. There is money out there to give everybody health care. We have the wealth in this country.
We have the technology. We have the ability. There's no reason. There's no reason why people should be dying because they can't pay for insulin. There's no reason that that should happen in this country. And I think most people agree that the situation we're in is unjust.
We have the technology. We have the ability. There's no reason. There's no reason why people should be dying because they can't pay for insulin. There's no reason that that should happen in this country. And I think most people agree that the situation we're in is unjust.
We have the technology. We have the ability. There's no reason. There's no reason why people should be dying because they can't pay for insulin. There's no reason that that should happen in this country. And I think most people agree that the situation we're in is unjust.
I think now would be a really wonderful time if this country's political process functioned enough that we could have sort of like a nationwide referendum on single payer health care. I do think the numbers might be quite different right now than they were two weeks ago.
I think now would be a really wonderful time if this country's political process functioned enough that we could have sort of like a nationwide referendum on single payer health care. I do think the numbers might be quite different right now than they were two weeks ago.
I think now would be a really wonderful time if this country's political process functioned enough that we could have sort of like a nationwide referendum on single payer health care. I do think the numbers might be quite different right now than they were two weeks ago.
And I do think that the Democrats in general would be profoundly foolish to not push public universal health care as a primary plank in 2028. I don't think they will. But I think that's, I mean... What does this show us if not that that's a layup, you know?
And I do think that the Democrats in general would be profoundly foolish to not push public universal health care as a primary plank in 2028. I don't think they will. But I think that's, I mean... What does this show us if not that that's a layup, you know?
And I do think that the Democrats in general would be profoundly foolish to not push public universal health care as a primary plank in 2028. I don't think they will. But I think that's, I mean... What does this show us if not that that's a layup, you know?
Of course, the solution in the end can't be indifference, not indifference to the death of the CEO and not the celebration of it either. But who's going to drop their indifference first? At this point, it's not going to be the people who have a lifetime of evidence that health insurance CEOs do not care about their well-being.
Of course, the solution in the end can't be indifference, not indifference to the death of the CEO and not the celebration of it either. But who's going to drop their indifference first? At this point, it's not going to be the people who have a lifetime of evidence that health insurance CEOs do not care about their well-being.
Of course, the solution in the end can't be indifference, not indifference to the death of the CEO and not the celebration of it either. But who's going to drop their indifference first? At this point, it's not going to be the people who have a lifetime of evidence that health insurance CEOs do not care about their well-being.
Can the CEO class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders in perpetuity?
Can the CEO class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders in perpetuity?
Can the CEO class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders in perpetuity?