John Oliver buys and forgives $15m worth of medical debt

[Godless Socialist CEO]

If that's all you got from the segment, I'm out. Not wasting my time with such terrible comprehension.

at the crux of the issue being "annoying" people

The greatest con job ever pulled was the right wing media convincing the common man to demonize poor people.

 

[the cac mamba]

Nice sentiment, but I fail to understand how collecting on debt is evil or unethical, immoral, or wrong.
If anything the people who borrow money and refuse to pay it back are the low lifes. IMHO

they got raped on medical debt because this is a sick fukkin country

this is not people who took out a loan to buy a lambo while they were working a drive thru

 

[David_TheMan]

they got raped on medical debt because this is a sick fukkin country

this is not people who took out a loan to buy a lambo while they were working a drive thru

Medical service like anything else cost money. They owe people money, pay what you owe.
That said I would definitely support true medical pricing reform that is driving up the prices, like government monopolization of medical services (bs pharmacutical ip laws and ama monopolization of medical licensing), government subsidization of medical services (drives up prices), and etc, but that being said , no matter how you cut it, you need to pay what you owe.

 

[the cac mamba]

Medical service like anything else cost money. They owe people money, pay what you owe.
That said I would definitely support true medical pricing reform that is driving up the prices, like government monopolization of medical services (bs pharmacutical ip laws and ama monopolization of medical licensing), government subsidization of medical services (drives up prices), and etc, but that being said , no matter how you cut it, you need to pay what you owe.

but its the only industry where you literally do not owe what you owe

charging you 50 dollars for a box of tissues to make up for shortcomings elsewhere is not legitimate business. can you imagine if ANY other industry tried to pull that bullshyt

 

[choc_cardigan]

Medical service like anything else cost money. They owe people money, pay what you owe.
That said I would definitely support true medical pricing reform that is driving up the prices, like government monopolization of medical services (bs pharmacutical ip laws and ama monopolization of medical licensing), government subsidization of medical services (drives up prices), and etc, but that being said , no matter how you cut it, you need to pay what you owe.

This is pathetic trolling

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Finally doing something about all the problems he makes money complaining about

 

[David_TheMan]

but its the only industry where you literally do not owe what you owe

charging you 50 dollars for a box of tissues to make up for shortcomings elsewhere is not legitimate business. can you imagine if ANY other industry tried to pull that bullshyt

Except you do owe it.
Your hospital bed costs the hospital money, your juice, your snacks, the nurses time, the medical tests, the medicine, the time of the specialists, the time of the nurses, the time for the generalists, all of that costs money.
That isn't to say the prices is anywhere close to market prices, they aren't, but that is no different than a hotel where $1water from Wal-Mart costs $5,, where $7 bottle of wine costs $35, and etc.
Its the price that is a problem, but that doesn't change the fact that they are still goods that were used.

This is pathetic trolling

You don't understand what trolling is.

 

[Regular_P]

Good shyt. I still need to watch that episode.

 

[88m3]

Good shyt. I still need to watch that episode.

You should watch it.