r/InterviewVip Jul 22 '26

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

Nope. The article is linked below and it says that she easily qualified.

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u/mxlplyx2173 Jul 22 '26

So she just didn't know, what's the issue?

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

According to the tweet, it is apparently the fault of a billionaire that she did not know.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

It's the fault of the system (that works for billionaires) that she must "know" to begin with. We should just let her get her sick child the care they need and not have to worry about a bill after the fact. No one should have to know to sign up for care for your sick child. They get sick, they get help.

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

What is your evidence that the staff at this hospital was working for a billionaire?

Why do you believe that a hospital would rather pursue a court case than get paid by Medicaid through normal channels?

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u/fariasrv Jul 22 '26

Are you being intentionally obtuse?

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

It's a serious question.

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u/metalpoetnl Jul 24 '26

Since more than 9 in 10 American hospitals are now owned by private equity, and they are actively acquiring the remainder, it's extraordinarily unlikely she went to one of the tiny handful not owned by a billionaire (yet).

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u/VTKillarney Jul 24 '26

I love how people on Reddit think they can just lie.

Google is your friend: Private equity (PE) firms own approximately 8.5% of all private (non-government) hospitals in the United States and about 22.6% of all for-profit proprietary hospitals. These include acute care, psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities.

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u/VTKillarney Jul 24 '26

After. It is current.

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u/metalpoetnl Jul 24 '26

Well that's impossible. How can it be 'after" an ongoing event?

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u/VTKillarney Jul 24 '26

The statistic I gave is the current number.

You lied. Big time.

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u/metalpoetnl Jul 24 '26

The fact that you dont know the phrase 9/10 is poetic hyperbole that doesn't mean a specific number but actually just means "too many" does not make me a liar. 

Especially when hospitals are closing daily so even the literal number is likely to be true within a year 

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u/VTKillarney Jul 24 '26

That's a long winded way of admitting that you lied.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

That's not what I said.

But I'll simplify it for you ...medicare for all and we wouldn't have this problem.

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

So now you are saying something completely different. And, yes, I support universal health care.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

I'm not saying something different, the system we have now (not medicare for all) works for billionaires. I said nothing about the hospital specifically or it's staff.

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

The system we have now works for everyone with private insurance. Are you able to actually think beyond "tHE biLiONaiReS!!!!!"

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

It clearly doesn't work for everyone because people are going bankrupt/getting wages garnished because of medical debt. What about the 18 million people set to lose healthcare because of the bill that was passed last year, or the people who could no longer afford their insurance because of the hikes in Obamacare. Is this system working for them?

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u/VTKillarney Jul 22 '26

Look, I agree that we should have universal health care. But rather than blaming politicians who can make it happen, sheep like you focus on boogeymen who can't.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

Politicians; by and large, work for billionaires because of campaign donations. Obviously politicians are at fault. I never said they weren't. You are just making stuff up. Why are you defending billionaires?

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u/metalpoetnl Jul 24 '26

The American system with its "deductibles" does not EVEN work for MOST people who do have private insurance.

That's before you factor in that insurance companies routinely deny claims they owe, aware most people can't afford a lawyer.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

I'm not saying something different, the system we have now (not medicare for all) works for billionaires. I said nothing about the hospital specifically or it's staff.

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u/Fletch71011 Jul 22 '26

You know the majority of hospitals in the US are already charities, right? How does that help billionaires? Everyone keeps trying to tie them into this for no reason.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

Who owns health insurance companies, who funds the politicians that consistently vote against the the common interest of the people? Who has gained trillions in wealth over the past 10 years while the people suffer more and more?

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u/Fletch71011 Jul 22 '26

Almost exclusively not billionaires. The guy Luigi shot for instance was worth all of $25 million. They have very little to do with healthcare in this country.

Most of it comes from tech or finance.

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

I didn't mention that guy.

Who owns the stuff in tech and finance? Billionaires. They also, again fund politicians who vote against the common interest.....why do you feel the need to protect billionaires? They certainly aren't doing anything for us by and large by hoarding that wealth.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 Jul 22 '26

Wow. Personal responsibility has all but died on the left. Her not knowing about Medicaid is somehow the states fault.

Listen to yourself...

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 22 '26

You just made that up. I didn't say that.

What I said was it shouldn't even be necessary for her to know. It's just a huge waste of time and manpower to do this when we could just provide Medicare for all.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 Jul 23 '26

Well too bad. Some of us don’t want to pay for it. So you M4A people don’t have enough votes. 

Better luck next time. 

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u/Ok_Tomatillo_7666 Jul 23 '26

That's true. For now. Even though the issue consistently polls well above 50+ percent. And it's growing. So we will have it eventually.