• ravhall@discuss.online
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    15 hours ago

    I don’t think you know what a hospital looks like when it is over capacity 🤡 but keep on talking like you know stuff.

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      12 hours ago

      If the hospitals in Washington are routinely over capacity, then thats a Washington problem. People have the freedom here to seek treatment wherever they would like to.

      And everyone has to pay, inside or outside the state. Noone gets out of medical debt just by crossing state lines.

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        11 hours ago

        Every hospital in the world has a capacity they can support. You must be saying “they need a bigger hospital!” Which I’m sure they are aware of, but building that and staffing that isn’t always feasible with the budget they are given.

        And not everyone has to pay. The hospital there is a charity and provides care regardless of the ability for the patient to pay—which cuts into that budget for more staffing and buildings.

        During Covid, Idaho pretty much threw their hands up and said “go to Spokane” where people were lining the halls on beds dying because they didn’t have enough respirators for that many people.

        So, it’s a common opinion in Spokane that Idaho needs to fuck off and take care of their own.

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          11 hours ago

          Charity and providing care to those who present themselves are not the same thing. You might be right though that they don’t bill some people, but that would work the same for citizens of both states.

          Do I have it right that you blame Idahoans for coming to Washington hospitals which might mean more Washingtonians die?

          Does it really matter what state the person is from who dies?

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            4 hours ago

            You’re not understanding the reality of how the current system works. You’re arguing from a place of fantasy.

            In an ideal world, this wouldn’t even be a problem. Healthcare would be free, and hospitals would be over staffed with low patient ratios and plenty of beds.

            Don’t complain to me about reality.