Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@karlauerbach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>karlauerbach</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>Imagine getting to the point in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anaesthesiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anaesthesiology</span></a> is optional, and people decline it because they need the operation but can't afford much. And the doctors going ahead without anaesthesiology because they want to get paid, know the operation is necessary, and understand the patient's predicament</p><p>Which sounds like a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dystopian</span></a> medieval torture routine</p><p>And it is</p><p>And yet considering the nature of American Healthcare it sounds entirely plausible</p>