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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Literally any healthcare>>>No healthcare

There were times in my life that I would not go to the hospital unless I was literally dying for fear of the costs. A ton of people in the US are like that, and imagine how many ignore weird pains or symptoms that then progress into serious conditions that could've been treated if they'd have gotten checked out earlier.

[–] neatchee@piefed.social 26 points 1 day ago

This is one of the major contributing factors to the reduced cost for socialized healthcare: it is a lot less expensive to catch things early than to treat them later.