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Still, Amazon's Gupta said that despite problems with the U.S. healthcare system, actions like Thompson's murder cannot be normalized.

"Last week was horrifically shocking," he said. "Are there going to be copycats? That is unacceptable.

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[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Hang on…not having health insurance is actually illegal in the USA?

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 38 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That was obama-drone’s signature piece of legislation.

The us is a deeply unserious country

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 40 points 6 days ago (1 children)

iirc the original bill was, "there will be a public option, and if you don't sign up for it you get fined." But then they killed the public option so it just became "if you don't purchase insurance from a private company you get fined by the public"

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Love to have the state designed only to punish, never to help

[–] newmou@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought Trump got rid of that? I haven't been fined on that in a couple years

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

It's at a state level now

[–] miz@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

people were starting to get wise and just not paying for insurance so in exchange for getting rid of "preexisting conditions" which was always utter bullshit they got a massive subsidy via mandatory consumption of their product