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watwutyesterday at 3:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

They are literally government paid social service you can call without additional charge. What the hell is capitalist about it?

Also Dutch give you health insurance beyond covid shot.


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timcobbyesterday at 3:30 PM

> What the hell is capitalist about it?

The rest, everything else.

It's darkly amusing to me we don't get healthcare here in the US but we do get suicide hotlines.

EDIT: wouldn't be surprised if Trump defunded/privatized suicide hotlines using companies run by the Trump Org.

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some_randomyesterday at 4:22 PM

What's capitalist about it? It works.