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[-] LePoisson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe in our lifetime we will see an expansion of Medicare to be a single payer system for all Americans as a publicly available option (ie: the minimum standards other insurance would need to meet to be competitive).

That would be nice. Idk I'm just hopeful in like 25 years we may see some real change ushered in when it comes to that. Probably very naively hopeful but I have to at least occasionally believe in a better future.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I get more pessimistic every year and I started out extremely pessimistic. I think humanity going extinct in my lifetime is more likely than the US getting single payer in my lifetime.

[-] LePoisson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Humans won't ever go extinct save some absolute batshit scenario that wipes the world completely clean of all life, give or take.

We're too resourceful and we like fucking too much for humans to go extinct but it could be a pretty bleak existence for the human race at some point.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Nevertheless, I stand by my view. We are already trying our hardest to make the atmosphere replicate the atmosphere of the K-T extinction.

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