US Health Insurance Sign-Up Opens: Where Did All That Money Go?
The annual open enrollment for health insurance has arrived, and The Independent notes Americans face “higher prices, less help.” (Because what's more American than navigating Kafkaesque healthcare bureaucracy while your premiums skyrocket?) Meanwhile, the US House recently passed HR 8035 with bipartisan support, funneling $26.4 billion to Israel and Ukraine. This includes $14.1 billion for Israel
alone, on top of the billions already in the pipeline. It passed 366-58. While families in the US weigh deductibles against prescription costs, Congress, including numerous recipients of AIPAC donations, readily approves massive military aid packages. Critics might wonder if the 'government shutdown' concern mentioned by The Independent applies to foreign military assistance as much as it does to
ensuring its own citizens' health security. One might ask, how many hospitals could $26.4 billion build? But that would require actually caring about public health, wouldn't it?