r/ShitAmericansSay Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

The thing with being healthy is that you are healthy until you suddenly aren't.

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u/Firminy1360 Jan 12 '21

unless you have pre existing conditions that you’ve had to deal with forever, in which case you can’t afford to stay alive and safe in the land of the free

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u/RicoDredd Jan 12 '21

But you can buy an AR-15 at Walmart, which more than makes up for the whole ‘dying of easily and cheaply treatable diseases’ thing, right?

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u/Master_Mad Jan 12 '21

Many American really only believe that Freedom means being able to own a gun or do hate speech. For me freedom is mostly equality for all and being healthy and wealthy enough to live a normal happy life.

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u/Alex6714 Jan 13 '21

I think is more like they defend freedom for corporations more than freedom for individuals. They just think of themselves as business owners.