What stuff in particular are you referring to?
> Never has there been a clearer case for single-payer health care as a public good. The voting public in the US need to care as much about “keeping their doctor” as they do about keeping their doctor alive. Doctors worldwide are getting pummeled on the frontlines of this crisis, the lack of protective equipment is causing them to get infected, and themselves unable to get the care they need. For a personal lens on this, have a look here, but this is by no means unique; the accounts are flooding in.
Those "facts" (facts, themselves, are subjective because they judged so by man) presented are highly selective in order to lead to a specific conclusion.
For example, it doesn't state that you can't purchase health insurance across state borders - also a fact and also contributes to increased prices.
The reason that insurance is "tied" to employment is because only a company can deduct health insurance on their taxes.
Building a new hospital is nearly impossible due to, among many other regulations, being required to get permission from other regional hospitals before building a new hospital. This both increases prices and reduces the number of available beds.
And to yet further demonstrate my point, we can see that even mentioning the political agenda on the site generates discussion on the politics.
I seem to have not made my positions clear: The site has a political agenda, which is made clear by the quoted section, which includes statements are selected to support the political policy being promoted.
So, the reason the things I stated matter is that we can easily come to different conclusions, and that is likely why they are left off of the site:
Can't sell health insurance across state borders - fix by permitting sales across borders, putting downward pressure on price.
Insurance is tied to employment because of the tax code - fix by either eliminating the deduction or adding the deduction to personal tax code.
Can't build new hospitals because you have to get permission from other regional hospitals - fix by getting rid of the regulation, thus generating increased interest in new hospital development, in turn increasing the number of beds and putting downward pressure on prices.
I have not disagreed with any of the stated facts and I don't disagree with that claim, I'm claiming that the facts have been carefully selected to promote a political agenda.
You feel that converting a pandemic crisis into a political message is what people should be doing?
How does that help?
If you expect responses, you should spend more time making sure you understand what posters have posted, because it seems you haven't read anything I posted beyond one single post.
That is true, and there are many other facts it doesn't mention, it is not an exhaustive review of contributing factors...
> The reason that insurance is "tied" to employment is because only a company can deduct health insurance on their taxes.
That is true but irrelevant extra information, the virus doesn't care...
> Building a new hospital is nearly impossible due to, among many other regulations, being required to get permission from other regional hospitals before building a new hospital. This both increases prices and reduces the number of available beds.
That is true, how is it relevant?
All these facts aren't relevant to the discussion the article is introducing, about how the "US Labor and Healthcare Policies are a Perfect Storm for Pandemics"
> For example, it doesn't state that you can't purchase health insurance across state borders - also a fact and also contributes to increased prices.
That is true, and there are many other facts it doesn't mention, it is not an exhaustive review of contributing factors...
> The reason that insurance is "tied" to employment is because only a company can deduct health insurance on their taxes.
That is true but irrelevant extra information, the virus doesn't care...
> Building a new hospital is nearly impossible due to, among many other regulations, being required to get permission from other regional hospitals before building a new hospital. This both increases prices and reduces the number of available beds.
That is true, how is it relevant?
All these facts aren't relevant to the discussion the article is introducing, about how the "US Labor and Healthcare Policies are a Perfect Storm for Pandemics"