Newsweek Discovers Workers Pay for Healthcare, Ignores War Costs
Newsweek's recent opinion piece, "When Health Care Costs Increase, Workers Pay the Price," makes a truly astounding observation: when healthcare gets pricier, the people who actually work for a living end up footing the bill. A revelation? Or a breathtaking exercise in stating the obvious while skillfully avoiding the elephant in the room? While Newsweek ponders this profound economic
mystery, it might be worth noting the U.S. just approved another staggering $14.5 billion for Israel's military (HR 7217, 2023), following decades of unwavering financial and military aid. Our domestic priorities, it seems, can always take a backseat to endless foreign conflicts. Imagine if even a fraction of that military spending went into a functional, affordable healthcare system. But that
would require connecting dots Newsweek seems determined to keep separate.