W. Kamau Bell
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and how we don't necessarily always have a good, as a government, I'm not trying to put it on society, we don't have a good system set up for care. Can we talk about the care side of this, Nicole?
and how we don't necessarily always have a good, as a government, I'm not trying to put it on society, we don't have a good system set up for care. Can we talk about the care side of this, Nicole?
and how we don't necessarily always have a good, as a government, I'm not trying to put it on society, we don't have a good system set up for care. Can we talk about the care side of this, Nicole?
Yeah. Can we focus a little bit more? Because I think it's something I would imagine, and I feel this way, that the people who are doing it for free almost wouldn't even understand that it's unpaid labor. 100%. Because it's also just part of it. You define it as like, this is what a good family member does. Without understanding also, this is also work.
Yeah. Can we focus a little bit more? Because I think it's something I would imagine, and I feel this way, that the people who are doing it for free almost wouldn't even understand that it's unpaid labor. 100%. Because it's also just part of it. You define it as like, this is what a good family member does. Without understanding also, this is also work.
Yeah. Can we focus a little bit more? Because I think it's something I would imagine, and I feel this way, that the people who are doing it for free almost wouldn't even understand that it's unpaid labor. 100%. Because it's also just part of it. You define it as like, this is what a good family member does. Without understanding also, this is also work.
All right. So I'm going to, here we go. I know we're going to get into the Medicaid thing soon or next, but I don't want to, right now I'm handing you a magic wand. so you can create the system that you would like to see of care in this country.
All right. So I'm going to, here we go. I know we're going to get into the Medicaid thing soon or next, but I don't want to, right now I'm handing you a magic wand. so you can create the system that you would like to see of care in this country.
All right. So I'm going to, here we go. I know we're going to get into the Medicaid thing soon or next, but I don't want to, right now I'm handing you a magic wand. so you can create the system that you would like to see of care in this country.
And you can feel free if there's other countries that do it better, which of course there are, or if there's other, or if there's, or if there's just a thing that you as a person who does this work knows we could need, even if it's not necessarily possible, what would that, what would the system look like?
And you can feel free if there's other countries that do it better, which of course there are, or if there's other, or if there's, or if there's just a thing that you as a person who does this work knows we could need, even if it's not necessarily possible, what would that, what would the system look like?
And you can feel free if there's other countries that do it better, which of course there are, or if there's other, or if there's, or if there's just a thing that you as a person who does this work knows we could need, even if it's not necessarily possible, what would that, what would the system look like?
Yeah, it's interesting because I'm at the age now of like me and a lot of my friends are like basically into like, what do you do with your parents?
Yeah, it's interesting because I'm at the age now of like me and a lot of my friends are like basically into like, what do you do with your parents?
Yeah, it's interesting because I'm at the age now of like me and a lot of my friends are like basically into like, what do you do with your parents?
And I think one thing that has changed significantly in the history of this world, and maybe just in this country specifically, but certainly history, is that there was a time where all those things you said about taking care of people, you all would have lived in the same village. So at least you were going across the village to take care of somebody and not like getting on flights, right?
And I think one thing that has changed significantly in the history of this world, and maybe just in this country specifically, but certainly history, is that there was a time where all those things you said about taking care of people, you all would have lived in the same village. So at least you were going across the village to take care of somebody and not like getting on flights, right?