$1 spent on health care is not just $1 of benefits delivered. It’s also $1 of income to an industry that is labor intensive and leveraged. This is going to have significant impacts on employment and aggregate output.
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it can’t be seen as anything other than intentionally trying to sink us into a deep recession
jun 29, 2025, 5:31 pm • 1 0 • view
And that’s separate from the benefit of having workers who are healthy enough to actually work
jun 29, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
It is, as they say, big for supply and demand
jun 29, 2025, 9:43 pm • 21 1 • view
Oh man - that is going to hurt especially in places like here in KY
jun 30, 2025, 12:22 am • 3 0 • view
Also important to remember that institutions like the one I work for don't just turn you away if you don't have insurance and don't just send you to collections if you can't afford to pay. In fact as of last year we are required to verify and apply eligibility to financial aid.
jun 29, 2025, 5:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Employee cuts are coming to health care systems if this bill passes; people doing financial assistance work are going to become fewer while demand for it increases. Meanwhile, the uninsured will flock to remaining open ERs for basic care, overwhelming systems under duress. No upside in this bill.
jun 29, 2025, 5:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Definitely did not mean to imply any upsides. Extremely existential crisis for healthcare.
jun 30, 2025, 1:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Only if you don’t believe more B12 and methylene blue plus removing fluoride and red #5 from the public’s diet won’t solve everything. Who needs nurses and Medicaid-funded rural hospitals when your Trump ™ brand ankle bracelet I mean Fitness Band just needs to shock you into standing up more?
jun 29, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
You mean lower wages for hospital workers because rural hospitals close and the supply goes up? $25 billion isn’t gonna cover much for long.. just stupid stupid stupid policy
jun 29, 2025, 9:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Gotta get them farm workers from somewhere
jun 29, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
But the luxury boat builders in Europe are going to do an INCREDIBLE business in the next few years.
jun 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
5% of the labour force man. And just because that labour isnt paid, doesnt mean its not happening
jun 29, 2025, 5:24 pm • 8 0 • view
Health care sector is double digit portion of many state economies. Massive employment cuts coming to that industry also results in even more uninsured people. I truly believe the Republicans are going to crash the health care industry, the insurance industry, and the economy with this bill.
jun 29, 2025, 5:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Only one of many ways 45 wants to completely gut the economy. I swear he wants a global depression.
jun 29, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Yep, on top of already big cuts many university hospital systems are already having to do. This will kill rural health care. And $cyh
jun 29, 2025, 9:56 pm • 0 0 • view
insanity! will effect service for everyone! and they're trying to stagger the impacts but planning and budgets are forward looking
jun 29, 2025, 5:24 pm • 3 0 • view